BIOLOGY 

By Peter Bryant, University of California, Irvine.

From the World Conservation Union.

Ten major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions have joined to digitize the published literature of biodiversity held in their respective collections and make this literature publicly accessible on the Web.

Richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth from Conservation International's Center for Applied Diversity.

From Defenders of Wildlife.

"Nature Conservancy's response to abating the damage caused to native biodiversity by human-facilitated introduction of non-native, harmful invasive species.

Includes Congressional Research Service reports and treaties.

Provides the scientific basis for effective conservation and is a network of natural heritage programs about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.

Links to Web pages on the diversity of life.

Interactive map illustrating the biodiversity of the Earth's terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments.