A collection of links about the natural sciences for my PLS 391 Seminar in Natural Science class at Roosevelt University.

Science News Sources

• The New York Times (check the science section)
• New Scientist (one of the very best of its kind)
• Science News (good for short news articles)
• Scientific American (a premier source of in-depth news and analysis for a general educated audience)
• Natural History magazine (biology, ecology, and evolution; accessible to a general audience)
• Science and Nature (the two most prestigious science journals in English; both publish news and original research)
• The Why Files (a fun site for the curious)
• Discover (similar to Scientific American)

The Scientific Method

• The Nature of Science (from AAAS, Science for All Americans)
• Statistics in Science (from VisionLearning)
• Introduction to Scientific Method (Prof. Frank Wolfs)

Biology

• Actionbioscience.org — an excellent resource on several key topics, geared toward students and educators
• BioAgMed INFOMINE (subject-specific search tool)
• Institute for Medicine in Contemporary Society
• Biology (Harvard University)
• Marine Biological Laboratory (Wood Hole, MA)
• Kimball’s Biology Pages (Harvard Univ.)

Genetics

• DNA from the Beginning (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) — an exceptional primer on genetics
• National Human Genome Research Institute — comprehensive information, including Educational Resources and the tutorial What’s a Genome?
• HUGO:  The Human Genome Organization
• The Genomic Revolution — online exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
• Virtual Library: Genetics

Ecology and Environmental Science

• Earth Portal (news and resources)
• EnviroLink: News and Resources
• Eco-Compass, the Internet Guide to Env. Educ.
• USFS (United States Forest Service)
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Wetlands (on the EPA site)
• The Ecologist (professional journal)

Illinois Ecology and Natural History

• IL Dept of Natural Resources
• IL Environmental Protection Agency
• IL Natural History Survey
• IL Water Science Center — USGS
• IL Native Plant Society
• The Tallgrass Prairie in IL
• Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Chicago Ecology and Natural History

• Chicago Wilderness organization
• Morton Arboretum
• Chicago Botanic Garden
• Field Museum of Natural History
• Calumet Environmental Resource Center
• Forest Preserve Districts of Cook, DuPage, Will, and Lake counties
• Chicago Audubon Society
• Openlands Project
• Schaumburg, IL — Biodiversity Plan
• Edge of the Prairie

Evolution

• Understanding Evolution (Univ of CA Museum of Paleontology)
• Darwin and Evolving Planet:  Online Exhibitions at the Field Museum of Natural History
• Evolution Research News:  The Evolution Research Center for Teachers and Students of Biology (a great jumping-off point for pursuing evolution topics)
• Darwin and Darwinism
• Treasures of Evolution Island — natural selection in the Galapagos, courtesy of the Why Files
• How Do Species Develop? (Prof. John Kimball)
• The Talk.Origins Archive (a discussion site on the evolution/creationism debate)
• Creationism websites (compiled by the Darwin and Darwinism website authored by Robert Young)
• The Creation Research Society

Physical Science

• USGS (United State Geological Survey)
• Plate Tectonics (USGS)
• Geological Time (USGS) — how we can figure out the age of the Earth . . . and other things
• NASA
• Physics 2000 (Univ. of Colorado)
• Interactive Periodic Table

Scientific Organizations

• Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History
• Argonne National Laboratory (IL)
• Adler Planetarium (Chicago)
• Chicago Academy of Sciences
• National Science Foundation
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• American Museum of Natural History (NY)
• National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian)
• National Academy of Sciences