Biology: Web Sites

AlgaeBase is a database of information on algae that includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater organisms.

Your Online Guide To Birds And Bird Watching

A membership society whose goal is to advance and to diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences.

The Botanical Society of America is a membership society whose mission is to: promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere.

The Canadian Botanical Association serves as the national organization for botanists in Canada, including professional botanists at universities, colleges, schools, government and industry as well as students, technicians and amateurs.

The Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists is a non-profit registered society, whose primary focus is to further the conservation and prudent management of Canada's natural resources based on sound ecological principles.

The Canadian Society of Zoologists is a professional organization dedicated to the enhancement of education and research in zoology at the provincial, federal and international level.

Global access to knowledge about life on Earth

Information on Canada’s environment and its relationship with human activity.

A one-stop, self-serve portal where you can access library services and search the print collections and repositories of seven science-based departments and agencies from a single place. Wherever possible, departmental publications, reports, data sets and other content are freely available for anyone to access or download.

Search for information about fish

During the Human Genome Project, this website served as the primary electronic information source for HGP researchers and the public. It is now a unique archive—a repository for historical documents detailing the history of the HGP from the project's beginnings in 1989 until it was completed in 2003.

The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. It ceased adding material in 2010.

The project provides information about biodiversity, the characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history.