http://www.bmn.com/infectious-diseases

BioMedNet (BMN) presents the Infectious Diseases Gateway "featuring expertly selected content from the leading publications in infectious diseases." Users will find research articles, reviews, and other resources from the Elsevier family of journals and books; all freely available to any reader (free registration required). The Web site also offers related BMN news features, links to other BMN Gateways, and a special supplement to the upcoming Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. [RS]

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/chalcidoids/

Chalcidoid wasps now have an excellent database all their own thanks to John Noyes of London's Natural History Museum. The Universal Chalcidoidea Database contains an extensive set of taxonomic and bibliographic records, as well as nearly 400 photos of living chalcidoids. Users will also find a key to chalcidoid families, information on collecting and preserving specimens, and a brief overview of this extremely diverse yet poorly understood group of wee wasps, which includes the world's smallest adult insect -- measuring in at a mere 0.11 mm. [RS]

http://www.seaslug.com/

Seaslug.com, hosted by Steve Long, "provides bibliographic resources for scientific and medical research relating to seaslugs and their allies." Visitors will find loads of information and resources, including a literature search engine, taxonomic and bibliographic records, and links to thousands of photos from around the world. Seaslug.com is appealingly informal, and includes links to similar Web sites for seaslugs, nudibranchs, and opistobranchs. [RS]

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections.html

With this Web site, users may access free resources based on the nationally ranked collections of the Burke Museum at the University of Washington. Over 5 million specimens are to be found in four areas: anthropology, botany, geology, and zoology. Online resources linked to the zoology collections include a guide to the herpetofauna of Washington, two mammals databases, and a fun section on spider myths. Likewise, records from the Museum's botany collections, housed at the University of Washington Herbarium, may be perused using the WTU Herbarium Database. [RS]

http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/sars/

The journal Science offers this online collection of research articles and other resources on the SARS epidemic free of charge to any reader. The collection includes findings from the research team that first tracked down the wild animal hosts of the disease in China, as well as "a special News Focus of the roots of the SARS epidemic in China, and free access to previous Science research papers on the genomics, epidemiology, and structural biology of SARS." The collection also includes additional news and commentary for Science subscribers. [RS]

http://www.biotech-info.net/

Ag BioTech InfoNet "covers all aspects of the application of biotechnology and genetic engineering in agricultural production and food processing and marketing." The Web site serves primarily as a portal to agricultural biotechnology content on the Internet, including scientific papers, news reports, and other resources. Ag BioTech InfoNet is maintained by Ecologic Inc., a research company specializing in the impacts of agriculture on food safety and the environment. [RS]

http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/

Even as a work in progress, this Web site should prove a tremendously useful resource for anyone interested in crickets, katydids, and cicadas of North America (minus Mexico). The site comes courtesy of entomologists Thomas Walker of the University of Florida and Thomas Moore of the University of Michigan, who have compiled an excellent collection of song samples and species accounts (including distribution maps, identification keys, photos and drawings, literature references, and so on). Professional research aside, amateur bug lovers will also enjoy exploring this Web site; the audio clips make it easy to identify backyard serenaders without having to collect a specimen. [RS]

http://www.marinebio.com/

MarineBio serves the marine biology research community with a number of online resources. Visitors are invited to "find out about new species, get involved in ocean conservation, explore dynamic research or marine life news" and to generally take part in MarineBio's "evolving tribute to all ocean life." MarineBio offers a number of message boards for keeping up-to-date with developments in the field. Many resources rely heavily on user input, such as the Web site's species inventory, which aims to be "the greatest source of the latest and most complete information about every marine plant and animal species online." MarineBio is a nonprofit project developed and maintained by marine biology researchers, Web designers, writers, and other professionals dedicated promoting marine biology and protecting marine resources. [RS]