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Classification
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) 
 Contains a brief biography and an overview of the scientific thought of the 18th century Swedish naturalist and inventor of modern biological classification. From the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html Topics: Biology, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Plants, Science, Science Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Classification of Living Things: An Introduction to the Principles of Taxonomy with a Focus on Human Classification Categories
A tutorial about the Linnaean system of classification. With chapters, quizzes, and a glossary, it guides the student in understanding the hierarchical biological classifications that reflect evolutionary changes and relationships between organisms. Some words link to sound files for pronunciation. From the Behavior Sciences Department, Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif. http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/ Topics: Biology, Science, Science Last updated Feb 1, 2004 History of Life Through Time
A survey of "biodiversity through time, focusing on major lineages of organisms. Many of these lineages have gone extinct or currently exist at a much lower diversity than in the past." Covers the three domains of life (bacteria, eukaryota, and archaea), phylogeny and cladistics, and evolution. From the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/historyoflife.php Topics: Biology Last updated Feb 17, 2007 NCBI Taxonomy Homepage
The National Center for Biotechnology Information provides this quick and easy tool for finding the complete lineage for the close to 80,000 species whose sequences have been made public by the collaborating sequence databases. Searches can be made by common name as well as scientific name. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/tax.html/ Topics: Biology, Science, Science Last updated Aug 23, 2002 Order From Chaos: Linnaeus Disposes
"Carolus Linnaeus (also Carl von Linné, 1707–1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist whose work laid the foundations of modern biological systematics and nomenclature." This online exhibition provides annotated images about pre-Linnaean botany, Linnaeus' scientific accomplishments, and Linnaean impacts. Also includes a bibliography and links to related sites. From the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, a research division of Carnegie Mellon University. http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/HIBD/Exhibitions/OrderFromChaos/OFC-Pages/intro.shtml Topics: Biology, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Plants, Science, Science Last updated Sep 30, 2007 The Tree of Life
This huge and extremely ambitious project organizes, surveys, and displays the diversity, evolutionary history, and characteristics of all groups of living organisms. The great Tree has roots, a trunk, stems, and branches that connect each organism to all others. Coordinated and edited by David R. Maddison of the University of Arizona, this attractive and expertly managed site has over 1300 pages housed on 20 computers in four countries, and is authored by biologists from around the world. Originally intended for professionals, the site has evolved into one for non-biologists as well. Searchable. http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html Topics: Biology, Science, Science Last updated Feb 19, 2002 What Did T. rex Taste Like?: An Introduction to How Life is Related
This site, designed for students in grades 7 through 12, provides an introduction to cladistics, a method of classification that uses the observable features of organisms. "Cladistics organizes living things by common ancestry and evolutionary relationships, enabling us to better understand life's present diversity and evolutionary history." Includes lesson plans for teachers. From the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/Trex/ Topics: Biology, California: Education, K-12 Education, Lesson Plans, Science Last updated Aug 18, 2004 World Biodiversity Database
"A continuously growing taxonomic database and information system that aims at documenting all presently known species (about 1.7 million)." It "contains taxonomic information (hierarchies), species names, synonyms, descriptions, illustrations and literature references when available...link[s] provide genetic information on protein sequence, nucleic sequence and 3D structures for each taxon." No pictures. http://www.eti.uva.nl/Database/WBD.html Topics: Biology, Science, Science Last updated Aug 20, 2002 |
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