Selected Taxonomy Web Sites

Life, the Universe and Everything
http://www.interaktv.com/LUnE/

What a web page! A very extensive web page on biology that just about has it all. A fantastic resource for teachers and students alike who are interested in classification, zoology, botany, paleontology and lots of other science stuff. Highly recommended.

Protist Databases
http://urchin1.biol.metro-u.ac.jp/www/PDB/menuE.html

This web site contains about 600 images of protists listed by taxa. Excellent graphics of microorganisms are arranged to make this site an excellent resource for a high school classification unit.

The Tree of Life Home Page
http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html

The Tree of Life contains information about the phylogenetic relationships of organisms, to link biological information available on the Internet in the form of a phylogenetic navigator, and to illustrate the diversity and unity of living organisms. This site is a great resource for studying classification, taxonomy, and phylogeny.

TreeView
http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/rod/treeview.html

TreeView is a simple graphics program for displaying phylogenies on Apple Macintosh and Windows PCs. This software, which is free to download, offers teachers a unique way to teach classification and taxonomy by having students create their own taxonomic trees on a computer. Highly recommended!!

Virus Databases On-line
http://life.anu.edu.au/./viruses/virus.html

The virus databases on-line is a comprehensive database of viruses. Included in this database is a complete history and comprehensive information about the taxonomic classification of viruses. A great resource for biology teachers teaching about viruses.

Wild-Flowers
http://www.wild-flowers.com/

Wild-Flowers is a storehouse of information that has lots of graphics and links to many interesting botany related sites. A great site if one is interested in learning flower taxonomy and classification.

Flowering Plat Gateway
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/newgate/gateopen.htm


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