Biology: Web Resources

An interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona. Students will benefit from the real-life applications of biology and the inclusion of up-to-date research findings.

A site containing thousands of videos designed to help you learn "what you want, when you want, at your own pace." The biology section covers topics seen in a first year college or high school life science course.

The Encyclopedia of Life began in 2007 with the bold idea to provide “a webpage for every species." EOL brings together trusted information from resources across the world such as museums, learned societies, expert scientists, and others into one massive database and a single, easy-to-use online portal. Today, the Encyclopedia of Life is expanding to become a global community of collaborators and contributors serving the general public, enthusiastic amateurs, educators, students and professional scientists from around the world.

Tracks trends in science research

Daily news about biology from ScienceDaily.com

A topic list from USGS. Explore within each topic by data, news, images, video, social media, and much more.

Collection of teaching and learning materials covering microbiology.

From the US Food and Drug Administration

Provides free access to peer-reviewed original research papers in the biomedical field.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

EPA’s National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) supports EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment by developing and applying innovations in exposure science. Exposure science sets the context for understanding and solving real-world problems, and is used to help answer three fundamental questions:

Is there a risk?
If so, how do we reduce/mitigate/prevent the risk?
Have our actions been successful in reducing risk?

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MicrobeWorld is video podcast from the American Society for Microbiology that promotes awareness and understanding of key microbiological issues to adult and youth audiences, and showcases the significance of microbes in our lives.

Covers resources in biology and biotechnology, including research articles and online biomedical textbooks.

From the College of Physicians of Philadelphia The History of Vaccines explores the role of immunization in the human experience and examines its continuing contributions to public health.