Learn About...
This Learn About... page contains links to sites specific to certain species. Want to know the life cycle of the boreal toad? Or why leaves change colors? Or all about dirt? Check out these links to find out everything you wanted to know about each of the subjects listed here. Also, please send any other links that should be added here to biologywebteam@usgs.gov.
P.S. Check out what your mouse pointer does when you go to the hummingbirds sites!
Biological Soil Crusts: the community of organisms living at the surface of desert soils
Butterflies: Children's Butterfly Site
The USGS-MESC Boreal Toad Homepage
Dirtland: from the Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology
Fish: FINS: Fish Information Service
Geese: Wild Wings Heading North
Hummingbirds: Hummingbirds.net
Katydids: The Earthwatch Amazon Katydids
Leaves: Why Do Leaves Change Colors?
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds: Operation RubyThroat
Ants:
antcolony.org
The Ant Colony Developers Association's definitive source for ant enthusiasts.
Everything you ever wanted to know about ants, and then some.
Biological
Soil Crusts: the community of organisms living at the surface of desert
soils
Butterflies:
Children's Butterfly Site
This USGS-MESC site has:
The
USGS-MESC Boreal Toad Homepage
The boreal toad has been around
longer than dinosaurs! This neat website provides basic information, photographs
and illustrations of the life history of the boreal toad; current research and
concerns of USGS (and other) field biologists studying these rugged, high mountain
toads; some educational and entertaining hot-links to World Wide Web sites on
boreal toads as well as other fascinating amphibians; and more.
Dirtland:
from the Digital Learning Center for Microbial Biology
Dirt is dirt, right? Clumps, clods, crusts, it doesn’t really matter. It just
sort of exists and there isn’t much to get excited about. Well, stick with this
site, and you’ll find that dirt is deceiving. It hides a lot more than most
of us would ever think.
Fish:
FINS: Fish Information Service
Everything you could possibly want to know about fish and more!
Geese:
Wild Wings Heading North
Follow your favorite goose
on its travels.
Hummingbirds:
Hummingbirds.net
Well-done site with a wealth of hummingbird information. And your mouse pointer
trails hummingbirds across the screen!
Katydids:
The Earthwatch Amazon Katydids
Earthwatch Institute's page about the Amazon Katydids. "Katydids form a
major element in the food web of the Amazonian Rain Forest, yet according to
Dr. David Nickle, Earthwatch Principal Investigator and entomologist at the
Smithsonian, surprisingly little is known about their behavior." Includes
an interview with Dr. Nickle, photographs, field notes and drawings, lessons,
and a teacher/student developed website called "An Amazon Adventure."
Leaves:
Why Do Leaves Change Colors?
From Clemson University, this is a very specific and scientific information
about why leaves change colors.
Lichens:
Fun with Lichens
Oregon State University invites you to discover the world of lichens.
Plants
in Peril: Quiz
From the Center for Plant Conservation, this quiz helps you to understand why
one in ten plants native to the United States is in danger of extinction.
Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds: Operation
RubyThroat is a cross-disciplinary international
initiative in which people collaborate to study behavior and distribution of the
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).
Sharks,
Predators of the Deep
This site contains factual information about several kinds of sharks as well
as information about attacks and a photo gallery.
Whales:
WhaleNet
Welcome to WhaleNet's interactive educational web site which focuses on
whales and marine research. WhaleNet is sponsored by Wheelock College in Boston,
Massachusetts with support from the National Science Foundation.
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