I've included links to identification sources and other sites that I find interesting. I try to keep them updated, but if you find one that doesn't work, please let me know.
The Tree of Life - I love the Tree of Life site. In their words, "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 (phylogeny)." I've found it to be an excellent resource on all sorts of animals & plants, including extinct ones.
The Encyclopedia of Life - Another site dedicated to providing information online about every living species. It is less focused on taxonomy and phylogeny and more focused on the ecology of the species. In fact, the ToL & EoL groups have agreed to work together to avoid duplicating effort.
Burlington, MA -- Town home page. Includes a link to a map showing where Burlington is.
Lexington, MA -- Town home page. Includes a link to a map showing where Lexington is.
Citizens for Lexington Conservation -- Citizens for Lexington Conservation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the natural environment in the town of Lexington, Massachusetts.
Reptiles & Amphibians of Massachusetts
MassBird - A great site with tons of information and links for birding in Massachusetts.
State Reptiles and Amphibians List
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Partners in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (PARC)
The Turtle Conservation Project
Iowa State's Deer Tick Home Page
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Tick Page
The Tree of Life Project, Arachnids
BugGuide -- A great site with tons of excellent photos, taxonomy, and information.
Spiders of Ohio -- A site run by the university of Ohio with photographs and lots of useful information.
Nick's Spiders of Britain and Europe -- Lots of excellent photos.
Nick's Spiders of North America -- Lots of excellent photos.
The Tree of Life Project, Insects
BugGuide -- A great site with tons of excellent photos, taxonomy, and information.
Tom Whelan's Nature Diary -- Beautiful photographs from another Lexington resident.
Sam Jaffe's The Art of Survival -- Beautiful photographs of mostly Massachusetts wildlife.
Nick's Insects -- Lots of excellent photos of mostly British & European insects
Web Images of North American Moth Species -- This site contains a comprehensive indexed list of species with links to photographs. The photos range in quality from poor to excellent.
Moth Photographers Group of Eastern North America -- This is a fabulous site. They have excellent photographs of living moths in addition to pinned specimens. They are also adding caterpillars, eggs, and pupae.
Butterflies and Moths of North America -- This site is run by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. It covers all of North America with the ability to list species by state. Unfortunately, at least from my point of view, most of the photographs are of pinned specimens.
Moths of South Carolina -- This site contains a comprehensive indexed list of species with links to photographs. The photos range in quality from poor to excellent.
Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States -- Another comprehensive list with photographs. In general, I've found the photographs at this site to be better than those from Web Images of North American Moth Species, but not as good as Lynn Scott's.
Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images -- Excellent photographs of live Canadian moths.
Larry Line's Moths of Maryland -- Excellent photos of live moths, mostly from Maryland.
Connecticut Moths -- This site is by the author of Discovering Moths, John Himmelman.
Illustrated Guide to Microlepidoptera -- Excellent photos, including all life stages.
Lepidopterists' Society Links page -- Links to tons of butterfly and moth sites
Buttefly, Moth, and Dragonfly books and links -- A nice summary of most of the available books.
The Butterfly Place -- A beautiful place to spend an afternoon, especially if you have kids.
Myrmecos Blog -- Lots of great photography and articles about insects.
Dick Walton Natural History Services -- Excellent photos and fantastic videos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamantine/sets/ -- Peter Cristofono's excellent photos of Massachusetts fauna.
BugGuide - A great site with tons of excellent photos, taxonomy, and information.
A nice article about the fungus Gymnosporangium.
Stinkhorns: The Phallaceae and Clathraceae
Ohio Moss and Lichen Association -- Photos, plus lots of other information.
ClimateProgress -- An excellent blog to keep you appraised of climate change news. It also has readable summaries of the scientific literature.
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