Ecology and environmental awareness


General

Resources for ecologists

Aquatic ecology

Evolution

Climate and maps

Protected areas

Funding agencies and other resources for ecological research

Ecological research institutes and organizations

Environmental advocacy groups, educational groups, and NGOs

Professional societies

Scientific journals

An ecological miscellany


General

Planet Earth Home Page
...a staggering collection of links, facts, and figures relating to my favorite planet

The Landsat 7 Home Page

Biodiversity from Around the World

Current world population
...scare yourself

1994 populations by country

US population

United States National Environmental Scorecard
...check out the environmental friendliness of your favorite (or least-favorite) elected representatives

Ecology Channel

Greenwire

Population Ecology Home Page

Habitat Ecology

Island Biogeography

In The Wild

eNature.com
...online searchable field guides

Science Made Stupid

Resources for ecologists

WWW sites of interest to ecologists
...a comprehensive listing of links to just about everything out there that's related to ecology and environmentalism

Environmental Professional's Homepage
...has some useful links for environmental researchers and others with a serious interest in the subject

Environmental Sites on the Internet

Electronic Journals & Newsletters

Science Global Career Network
...maybe you'll find a job here

A Biologist's Guide to Internet Resources
...a 'how to,' dealing with the Internet as a tool for biologists

Statistical Resources on the Web

Planet Ark
...home of Reuters Daily World Environment News

Conference listings

More conference listings

Aquatic ecology

Aquatic Ecology Page

Virtual library — oceanography
...links to other sites

Marine biology links

Phil Levin's Marine Ecology Links

Institute for Fisheries Resources

Mission Possible
...from Asian Diver magazine

Plastics in Our Oceans

Threats to the health of the oceans

Mangroves

Ocean Planet

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Ocean Citations

Evolution

Enter Evolution

...a primer on evolutionary theory with links to further information

Evolution FAQs

What is Evolution?

Five Major Misconceptions about Evolution

Introduction to Evolutionary Biology

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Evolution
...links

Evolution and Behavior

The General Anti-Creationism FAQ

Frequently Asked But Never Answered Questions
...about Creationism vs Evolution

Evolution vs. Creationism

Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ
...countering a common Creationist jab about lack of transitional fossils

Arguments and Responses to Those Arguments
...proving once again that Scientific Creationism is an oxymoron

The Origin of Species — by Charles Darwin
...the classic work by Darwin

Dictionary of Darwinism and Evolution
...to analyze Darwin's ideas and divorce them from social Darwinism, etc

The Tree of Life

Paleontology Without Walls

Climate and maps

University of East Anglia

National Climatic Data Center

National Center for Atmospheric Research

World and US maps

Satellite images

RSMAS satellite images

The Daily Planet
...US weather maps

Protected areas

1993 United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas

US Wilderness Areas

Protected Areas Virtual Library

World Heritage Convention.

World Heritage List

UNESCO World Heritage List

National Wildlife Refuge System

National Marine Sanctuary Program

The World's Best Marine Parks

Funding agencies and other resources for ecological research

Directory of the Funding Sources for Promotion of Ethological Research

Foundations On-Line

Miscellaneous grant information

NSF

EPA

National Academy of Sciences
...including the National Research Council

Smithsonian Insititution Fellowships

EPA Fellowships

Sigma Xi application for a Grant-in-Aid of Research

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)

The Explorers Club

Wildlife Conservation Society

Earthwatch Field Research Grants

Ecological research institutes and organizations

...some of the following also offer various types and levels of research funding or other support...

Marine Labs and Institutes

The Nature Conservancy

American Association for the Advancement of Science

National Biological Service

National Undersea Research Center
...University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Aquariusundersea habitat

Caribbean Marine Research Center

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)

Marine Life Sciences division of the British Antarctic Survey

FedWorld Home Page

National Marine Fisheries Service

Florida Internet Center for Understanding Sustainability (FICUS)

School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii

Naval Research Laboratory

National Oceanographic Data Center

Bermuda Biological Station for Research

International Oceanographic Foundation

The Marine Biological Laboratory
...at Woods Hole

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Centre for Tropical Coastal Management

Organization of Biological Field Stations

World Wildlife Fund

Wildlife Conservation Society

Coral Cay Conservation

Leigh Marine Laboratory

...a University of Auckland facility on New Zealand's North Island

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

CRC Reef Research Centre

Lizard Island Research Station
...in the northern Great Barrier Reef; run by the Australian Museum

Orpheus Island Research Station
...run by James Cook University; in the central Great Barrier Reef

One Tree Island Research Station
...southern Great Barrier Reef; run by University of Sydney

Heron Island Research Station
...run by the University of Queensland; southern Great Barrier Reef

Indonesian Institute of Sciences

Centre ORSTOM de NOUMEA
...a French government research facility on New Caledonia

The Gump Biological Research Station
...on Moorea, French Polynesia; run by the University of California, Berkeley

USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
...the Wrigley Marine Science Center on California's Santa Catalina Island

Glover's Reef Marine Research Station

Marine Biology Field Station on Andros Island, Bahamas

Long Term Ecological Research network

The Coweeta LTER Site

UNESCO World Heritage List

National Marine Sanctuary Program

NOAA home page

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

NOAA Environmental research laboratories

National Geodetic Data Centre
...marine geology

Ocean Information Center at the University of Delaware

The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Scripps Institue of Oceanography

SeaWIFS
...a NASA project to provide satellite monitoring of global ocean conditions

US Geological Survey — Earth and Environmental Science

Earthwatch

The Planetary Society

Tennessee Aquarium

The Monterey Bay Aquarium

New England Aquarium

Sea World

Mote Marine Laboratory

Osaka Aquarium 'Kaiyukan'

Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos

Save the Manatee Club

The International Wolf Center

Island Resources Foundation: Environmental Planning for Development

Environmental advocacy groups and NGOs

Environmental Organization Web Directory

World Wildlife Fund

The World Wide Fund For Nature

The Nature Conservancy

Ocean Voice International

Surfrider Foundation

The International Coral Reef NGO Directory

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Oceanwatch

SeaEcology

Operation Wallacea
...marine research in the Tukang Besi area of Sulawesi, Indonesia

Yayasan Bina Sains Hayati Indonesia (YABSHI)
...The Indonesian Foundation for the Advancement of Biological Sciences

Tolaka Foundation
...protecting the Togian Islands, Indonesia

The Coral Reef Alliance

Desert Fishes Council

Save the Manatee Club

Earthwatch

The School For Field Studies

Oceanic Society Expeditions

Seacamp

Broadreach

Professional societies

Animal Behaviour Society

International Society for Behavioral Ecology

Pacific Science Association

Association for Tropical Biology

American Fisheries Society

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

American Elasmobranch Society

Neotropical Ichthyological Association

The Ecological Society of America

International Society for Reef Studies

American Fisheries Society

The Society for Conservation Biology

Scientific journals

Electronic Journals & Newsletters

Animal Behaviour

Behavioral Ecology

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Biological Conservation

Bulletin of Marine Science

Conservation Ecology

Copeia

Coral Reefs

Ecological Applications

Ecological Monographs

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Ecology

Limnology & Oceanography

Marine Biology

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Zoological Record

An ecological miscellany

The Tree of Life

Endangered Species Act

US National Park Service

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Ecological Society of America

Institute of Ecology
...University of Georgia

BBC's Natural History Unit

The Rainforest Workshop

Gaia Forest Conservation Archives

Kakapo Place

Turtle Trax

Expedition Link

Deeper Ecology: Essays on Ecological Spirituality

Sea World

Global warming

The CoVis Greenhouse Effect Visualizer

Exploratorium

John Muir Exhibit

South Florida Environmental Reader

Malaysia National Policy for the Preservation of Biodiversity

Habitat Ecology

Please click here for links to natural history magazines and the like...and here for links related to the sea and marine biology...


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