http://www.nathimus.ku.dk/BOT/seaweeds.htm

From by the Botanical Museum and Library at the University of Copenhagen, this website contains a “checklist of benthic macroalgae from marine and brackish waters in Denmark….” The checklist was authored by R. Nielsen—-with assistance by P. Corfixen—-and “includes 504 species of Cyanophyceae (Nostocophyceae), Rhodophyceae (Bangiophyceae), Phaeophyceae (Fucophyceae), Xanthophyceae (Tribophyceae), Charophyceae, and Chlorophyceae.” The website includes a 40-page List of Species, a five-page List of Danish names, and a 16-page Distributional Index. The site also includes Notes to Species with References. All of the documents are available for download in portable document format. [NL]

http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/irc/ircpage.html

The University of Wisconsin-Entomology Department’s impressive Insect Research Collection (IRC) represents close to 70 years of work by professional and amateur entomologists in Wisconsin. The Collection “contains about one million pinned and preserved insects with primary geographic emphasis on Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region.” The primary orders represented in the IRC are Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera. Through outreach, the Entomology Department is hoping to generate a “greater visibility of the collection and stimulate loan activity by the systematics community.” Qualified specialists with institutional associations are generally eligible for loans from the IRC for up to four years. The website contains links to IRC listings as well as concise sections that address the IRC history, organizational structure, collection description, future goals, acquisition policy, and more. [NL]

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/research/

The University of British Columbia (UBC) Centre for Plant Research website displays a simple, yet ambitious, mission statement: “To explore, explain, and maintain plant life on earth.” The Centre is associated with the UBC Botanical Garden, and focuses on the following research themes: Evolution and Biodiversity; Evolutionary Genomics; Plant Biotechnology and Breeding; Plant Physiology and Biotic Interactions; and Phytochemistry. The Centre website links to information about faculty and research scientists, listings of selected publications, and brief summaries of ongoing research. The site’s Resources section is geared specifically for researchers and connects to Forums, a Links Database, and a weblog. The site also lists postgraduate, postdoctoral, and employment opportunities when available. [NL]

http://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/feline/Default.asp

The Feline Research Program at Texas A&M University-Kingsville has been conducting research on wild cats for close to 20 years. The Research Program’s focus is on the conservation, ecology, and genetics of felids. In addition to felid research, the Program is dedicated to applying “knowledge gained to conservation and management of wild populations.” The site provides brief descriptions of ongoing research with Ocelots, Mountain Lions (page still under construction), Bobcats, and Leopards. The site also includes lists of the following: publications; completed theses and dissertations; and Program collaborators and contributors. A link is provided to the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (the Feline Research Program’s parent institution) as well. [NL]

http://www.bioinfo.tsinghua.edu.cn/dbsubloc.html

Developed by the Institute of Bioinformatics at Tsinghua University, DBSubLoc “is a database of protein subcellular localization. This database contains proteins from primary protein database SWISS-PROT and PIR.” The Full Dataset has a total of 64,051 proteins, and the Non-Redundant Dataset has a total of 30,357 proteins, from Bacteria, Eukaryote, Fungi, Plant, Animal, Virus, and Archaea. The site offers two protein search engines: one allowing searches of DBSubLoc, SWISS-PROT, and Gene Ontology database by Entry Accession ID; and the second by Protein Name. DBSubLoc is available, in plain text format data files, for researchers to download. The site also includes BLAST Service, Prediction Service, and links to many related resources. [NL]

http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/andes/andesintro.htm

From the esteemed Missouri Botanical Garden, this website provides a solid collection of information and resource links related to mosses of the Andean region. Remarkably, the area’s scope “encompasses the entire countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and the northwest portion of Argentina (provinces of Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán). Regional diversity is one of the highest in the world for mosses, with over 2000 species recorded, distributed among 362 genera and 76 families.” The website provides an overview of the project as well as an identification Key to Andean Moss Families, an Index to Generic Family Placement, an Index to Author Abbreviations, and literature references. A highlight of the website is the Andes Moss Species Database which contains information about numerous moss species and families. [NL]

http://www.gisbau.uniroma1.it/amd/

This impressive GIS-based databank focuses on the conservation and distribution of African mammals; and was developed collaboratively by the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory of the Animal and Human Biology Department at the University of Rome La Sapienza and the Institute of Applied Ecology. The databank covers the entire African continent, except Madagascar, “and includes a total of 281 species, belonging to 12 orders and 28 families.” Covered orders include Insectivora, Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Sirenia, Rodentia, Macroscelidae, and more. In addition to viewing information online, site visitors can download data, and information about project methodology. [NL]

http://www.wildlifer.com/wildlifesites/

Veteran wildlife ecologist Bill Standley maintains this impressive online directory of websites for fellow wildlife ecologists. The directory is well organized and contains a multitude of Internet resources. The websites are organized by subject and institutional categories. Subject categories include: Mammals, Birds, Herps, Fisheries, and Endangered Species. Institutional categories include: Government, Professional, Non-Profit, and University. The site also contains a selection of reference websites, job listings, products and services, and other site indices. [NL]