General
http://www.uic.edu/labs/lightninginjury/index.htm
This Lightning Injury Research Program website was developed by Dr. Mary Ann Cooper of the University of Illinois to serve as an educational resource for physicians, lightning strike survivors, teachers, outdoor activities organizers, and other interested parties. In addition to a lightning injury overview, this site provides information sections on Acute Treatment, Lightning Injury Distribution, Psychological Impact, Safety Guidelines, and more. The website also links to downloadable publications, related websites, and a Lightning Injury Support Group. Site visitors can link to the National Weather Service’s Lightning Safety website as well. [NL]
http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/
This great online field guide for the wildflowers and grasses of Kansas was created by Professor Mike Haddock, Science Libraries Web Coordinator and Agriculture Librarian at Kansas State University. The site utilizes "more than 1600 identification photos for some 380 species of forbs, grasses, sedges, rushes, and woody plants that are found growing in Kansas." Professor Haddock’s well-organized site offers sections that list plants by common and scientific name, grasses and wildflowers by time of flowering, and wildflowers by color. There are also separate sections for the grasses, the sedge and rush families, and drawings that depict morphological features of different plants. The site photos are excellent and the accompanying information is clear and concise. A bibliography, glossary, and list of related links are included as well. [NL]
http://www.organicconsumers.org/
Formed in 1998 to protect organic food standards, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) "is a grassroots non-profit public interest organization which deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability." The OCA website links to information about a wide variety of issues including Bovine Growth Hormone-rBGH vs. Organic Dairy, organic food, cloning, food irradiation, fair trade coffee, and more. The site also provides information about OCA campaigns such as Safeguard Organic Standards (SOS), Appetite for a Change-School Food Campaign, Mad Cow USA-Stop the Madness, and Coming Clean-Organic Bodycare Campaign. Additionally, the OCA website offers site visitors information about internship opportunities, membership, publications, upcoming events, and free subscription to bi-weekly news briefs. [NL]
The New England Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology (NESCB) is composed of conservation researchers, students, and educators working to promote environmental planning and the conservation of species and habitats. The NESCB website contains an updated News page, and copies of the NESCB tri-annual online publication, Conservation Perspectives, from 1999 to the present. The site is currently inviting contributions for its next issue. The NESCB site also offers job listings, contacts and bios for the executive board, information about membership, and related links and resources. [NL]
http://cse.unl.edu/~scotth/leps/
This website on Butterfly and Moth Lifecycles was created by Lepidoptera enthusiast and Computer Science Professor Scott R. Henninger. The site features beautiful photos of, and information about, members of several butterfly families including Saturniidae (Silk Moths), Sphingidae (Hawk and Sphinx Moths), Papilionidae (Swallowtails), Nymphalidae, and more. Separate species pages generally contain several annotated photos depicting different lifecycle stages. In addition, the site contains a nice list of hyperlinked updates, an annotated list of Lepidoptera links, and a few tips on raising butterflies and moths. [NL]
http://wso.williams.edu/~hwilliam/ZFsongs/
The Zebra Finch Song Archive was developed by Biology Professor Heather Williams of Williams College as an informational web resource. The archive currently contains songs and sonograms for 83 male zebra finches that are all descendants from a single pair. Songs can be accessed through a tabular form titled Birds and Clutches or through a well-designed Family Tree. For site visitors that would like more background about the zebra finch (including its song and brain), see the Bird Songs and Bird Brains section. [NL]
