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PLOS Biology
"PLOS Biology publishes significant advances across the biological sciences."
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
"Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world."
American Society of Naturalists
"A membership society whose goal is to advance and to diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences."
Botanical Society of America
"Our Mission: To inspire and promote an inclusive global community committed to advancing fundamental knowledge and innovation in the botanical sciences for the benefit of people and the environment."
Canadian Botanical Association (CBA/ABC)
"We represent Canadian Botany and botanists in the national and international arenas and respond rapidly and professionally on matters that are of concern to Canadian botanists."
Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists
"We are Canadian biologists working to further the conservation and prudent management of Canada's natural resources, based on sound ecological principles."
Federal Science Libraries Network
"The Federal Science Libraries Network (FSLN) is a one-stop, self-serve portal where you can access library services and search the print collections and repositories of seven science-based departments and agencies from a single place. "
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
"Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species."

Cells Alive!
"CELLS alive! represents 30 years of capturing film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research."
Darwin Online
"Darwin Online is by far the largest Darwin resource/publication in the world—and probably the most comprehensive scholarly website on any historical person."
Encyclopedia of Life
"Our Mission: To increase awareness and understanding of living nature through an Encyclopedia of Life that gathers, generates, and shares knowledge in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource."
Index to Organism Names (ION)
"ION contains millions of animal names, both fossil and recent, at all taxonomic ranks, reported from the scientific literature."
Tree of Life Project
"The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world. On more than 10,000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about biodiversity, the characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history"

Canadian Society of Zoologists
"The Canadian Society of Zoologists is a professional organization dedicated to the enhancement of education and research in zoology at the provincial, federal and international level."
FishBase
"FishBase is a global biodiversity information system on finfishes. Its initial goal to provide key facts on population dynamics for 200 major commercial species has now grown to having a wide range of information on all species currently known in the world: taxonomy, biology, trophic ecology, life history, and uses, as well as historical data reaching back to 250 years."
Animal Diversity Web
"Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan"
PrimateLit
"The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and includes all publication categories (articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters, etc.) and many subject areas."

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