Biology

Founded by the NSF in 1980, this collaborative effort involves more than 1800 scientists and students and promotes synthesis and comparative research across sites and ecosystems and among other related national and international research programs.

The world’s first 3D virtual fossil collection, open to the public.

Taxonomic, conservation status, and distribution information on taxa that have been evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. This system determines the relative risk of extinction. Searchable by species, subspecies, region, category, habitat, and threat.

Project of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which aims to identify all functional elements in the human genome sequence.

Through our programs and courses, we teach the skills and technology people need to become community leaders and create healthy solutions to the current environmental crisis.

More than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

Microscope techniques, interactive models, galleries, and more, for cell biology, microbiology, and immunology.

Learn how scientists use computers to advance our understanding of biology and human health.

Science education publication on protein structures from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences

From the National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Video, virtual labs, and more, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.