Links
General Biology
Tree of life: Overview of the diversity of life
The Living Planet: Campaign info of the WWF
British Marine Life: Info and pictures of the fauna of Britain
Animal biodiversity web
Fambof: List of websites on Biology in Belgium and the Netherlands
Nomenclator Zoologicus: A special site on zoological nomenclature
Species 2000: An online species databank
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Vertebrate Anatomy and Evolution
Ornithology on the internet: Some interesting links to ornithology
Laboratory exercises for vets
Walking with dinosaurs: info on the making of Walking with Dinosaurs, by the BBC
Skulls: a commercial enterprise which sells replica's of all kind of vertebrate skulls
Virtual Library for Developmental Biology
Human Anatomy
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Primates
Duke University Primate Center: lots of info and images of primates
Primate gallery: excellent site for pictures
Primate Info Net: extensive information site
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Histology
Veterinary Anatomy: Pictures and information on different tissues in domestic animals
Mammalian Histology course: course given by Dr. R.C. Wagner, lots of pics
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Fishes
Overview of the Pisces: names in different language, distribution maps, systematics, ...
FishGeeks: Your Aquarium and Tropical fish resource
Planet Catfish: Some stuff on aquarium fishes, especially Siluriformes
Aquaria Central: Lots of fish pictures (especially tropical aquarium fish)
Fish Base: most extensive reference work on taxonomy, ecology, distribution, ... of fishes
Fish base of larval fish: the same as Fish Base, but of larval fish
Neodat II Project: database on neotropical fish
Fish pics: a whole set of nice pictures in fishes by Johnny Jensen
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Software
Rhino 3D: 3D drawing program
Amira: 3D reconstructing and rendering program
Software for phylogeny
Extensive set of phylogeny software: mostly Mac
Another set of phylogeny programs: including NONA and Winclada
Surfdriver: software for graphical 3 dimensional reconstructions
3D Studio Max: 3D graphical animation program
Morphometrics software: a whole set of freeware morphometric software
Morphometrics: general morphometrics and morphometrics forum
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Research Institutes, Labs and Societies
Natural History Musea
Africa museum: Belgian museum on African culture and biodiversity (Tervuren)
American Museum of Natural History: New York museum on American culture and global biodiversity
Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris museum
Museum of Paleontology: museum at University of California, Berkeley
British Museum of Natural History: London museum
Naturalis Museum Leiden: natural history museum in Leiden, the Netherlands
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
National Museum of Natural History: Smithsonian natural history museum in Washington DC
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Belgian natural history museum in Brussels, famous for its Iguanodon skeletons
Museum voor Dierkunde: zoological museum at Ghent University
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Other Labs
Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center: lab of Prof. Sorgeloos (Ghent University)
Vertebrate Morphology and Developmental Biology: lab of Prof. Huysseune (Ghent University)
Marine Biology lab: lab of Prof. Vincx (Ghent University)
Laboratory for Functional Morphology: lab of Prof. Aerts (Antwerp University)
Ichthyological Department AMNH: lab of Prof. Stiassny (American Museum of Natural History, New York)
Nematology Unit: lab of Prof. Borgonie (Ghent University)
Nematology course: reference page to the Postgraduate International Nematology Course (Ghent University)
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Scientific Societies
Académie des Sciences
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
International Society of Vertebrate Morphology
Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Dierkunde
Neotropical Ichthyological Association
Société Française d'Ichthyologie
Biologische Kring Dodonaea
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Search sites and dictionaries
Encyclopedia Brittanica: extensive encyclopedia
The American Heritage Encyclopedia
RUSH: medical encyclopedia
Medline Plus: search site on human health
Fast Health: extensive medical dictionary
Virtual Library Pharmacy: search site on pharmaceutical products
Language dictionaries: all kind of languages, on-line search
Van Dale woordenboek: Dutch dictionary
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Other Stuff
World Health Organization
MPEG animations: all kinds of funny animations
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