General Zoology

Course Links

(Course per se was last taught Spring Semester 2001, however this web site continues to be routinely and frequently referenced [gets "hits"] from the wider internet community. Thus, it has been left online, maintained, and is occasionally updated with new material. Some of the links are no longer valid [and will eventually be revised or deleted], but most are still good and some are new.)

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Notes:

• These are recommended links for course use, for supplementing or reinforcing material covered in lecture or the texts. Unless indicated otherwise (e.g., with sites that are "editorial" or entertainment), students are expected to be more-or-less familiar with topics and material in these sites.
  
• There may be additions or changes at any time. Previous links can be found by scrolling down; most recent are on top.
  
• Some of the opinions or information in links may differ from what you get in class. That can occur because there may simply be different opinions, information is old, or someone got it wrong (including possibly your instructor or textbook!). When differences occur, rely first on what is presented in class, then the text, unless one or both are found to be wrong, in which case a correction will be announced so everyone in class can be updated. (Please notify your instructor if you discover serious discrepancies or what you think are mistakes.)
  
• You are encouraged to "surf" around on the web on your own for additional sites related to whatever we are covering at any particular time. Both textbooks include web stuff as well -- if you can get into their pages -- and Campbell also has an interactive CD that you might find worthwhile.  .... but the main recommendation is to pursue more of it on your own, pending your time and interest.
  

General sites for use with whatever taxa
are being covered throughout the semester:

• Metazoa Index (Univ. of California - Berkeley)
• The Animal Diversity Web (U. of Mich. Museum of Zoology)
• BIOSIS -- Index to Organism Names
• Metazoa ("Tree of Life")

Use these sites to pursue the appropriate taxa on your own.

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Links for remainder of semester
(part IV of course)

(No further links added because of time crunches, for everyone. If interested in finding information on the web on the last topics covered in the class, I recommend searching and surfing on your own. JWG)

• Parasites and Parasitological Resources
• Parasite PowerPoint presentation from lecture
  two parts; either open in browser (if that works on your system)
  or save to disk and open with PowerPoint
  • presentation part A
  • presentation part B

For particular taxa, pursue the generic links at the top, plus the following miscellaneous links:

• Jellyfish
• Annelid Resources: Another can of Worms: Phylum Annelida, polychaetes, oligochaetes, leeches, vent worms, etc.
• tardigrade appreciation headquarters
• Octopus, Squid, and Cuttlefish
• Ocean Planet: In Search of Giant Squid

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Links for :

Amphibians and Reptiles

• Reptiles and Amphibians of North Dakota
• kingsnake.com - the information portal for herps
• Melissa Kaplan's Herp Information Collection
• Dinosaurs ... on the web? Do your own search for them;
  the web is full of dinosaur stuff. (Plus, don't overlook the
  general links above.)

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Links for :

• Development: links from Lytle, Ch. 4
• Birds ...
  • Reminder -- also see the general sites above, at the
    start of this links page, and follow to birds/Aves
  • Bird Identification
  • Journey North Spring, 2001
  • Peterson Online
• Animal behavior: Animal Behavior Society Web Site

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Links for :

• Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World
• Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections

plus some new ones on previous topics ...

• Killer whale problems
• another actin-myosin page

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Links for :

• Basic Neural Processes Tutorials
• Neurosciences on the Internet

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Links for :

• Actin Myosin Crossbridge 3D Animation
• Animation of Heart (Cut View)
  (NOTE: your browser will probably open TWO pages
  for this site, one with some text and one with the animation ... after you look at the text, either click on the "animation" button on your task bar or close that window with the browser [by clicking on the "x" in the upper right corner] and it should go back to the window with the animation.)
• Heart/ECG links:
  • eHeart (an introduction to ECG principles and procedures)
  • favoriteplus.com (a source for excellent but low-priced ECG recording units and a worldwide distributor of pulse oximeters, handheld ECG-EKG, and fetal Dopplers)

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Links for :

• Mammals -- This site is useful this week and also serves as an introduction to the general sites listed at the top and which you will find useful for the entire semester, as they cover most taxa. From here on, use the general sites frequently, for whatever taxa are being covered.
  
• The Infamous Exploding Whale

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Links for :

• Killer Whales
• Journey into the World of Cladistics
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
• Note concerning the subject of evolution: Evolution provides
  a basic foundation of understanding for much, if not most, of
  this course and will be treated or assumed as a given premise.
  Unfortunately, there has been much debate, concern, confusion,
  media attention, and misunderstanding on the relationship
  between evolution and religion. I personally do not believe
  there is a real conflict on the matter. My views are not required
  reading, merely an "editorial," but if you are concerned or
  interested in the topic and my thoughts,
  see   Evolution and the Bible.