Natural History Links:

Biological Diversity of North America

Biodiversity Explorer
The Tree of Life
The Animal Diversity Web
The Earthlife Web
Academy of Natural Sciences - Online Collections Database
American Museum of Natural History
Alien Travel Guide - Life on Earth
Taxon Lift of the University of California Museum of Paleontology
Paleobase
Links to Organisms
Species Accounts
NatureServe
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server
ARKive - Images of Life on Earth
Name This Animal (online forum)
Natural Events Almanac (from The Nature Conservancy)
Our Living Resources (USGS)
Natural Perspective
Discover Life
International Biodiversity Observation Year
Center for Biological Diversity
Micrographia
USF&WS Threatened and Endangered Species System
Endangered Species Update
Freshwater Life
Canadian Biodiversity
Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre
Florida Nature
University of Missouri's Wild Thing of the Week
Oklahoma WildThings
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Field Trip Earth
Interesting Scientific Names

Plants in General:

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North Carolina Native Plant Propagation Handbook     
Carolina Vegetation Survey  
University of North Carolina Herbarium
North Carolina State University Herbarium 
Common Wetland Plants of North Carolina  
South Carolina Plant Atlas  
Southern Wetland Flora: a USGS Field Office Guide to Plant Species  
Bioimages (TN)    
USDA Plants Profiles     
e-Flora of North America    
North Carolina Plant Conservation Program    
Images and information on North Carolina's Endangered Plants  
Endangered Plants of North Carolina  
Southeastern Rare Plant Information Network    
Endangered, Threatened, & Rare Plant Species of the Southeastern United States      
Plant Conservation Alliance 
Center for Plant Conservation

Mosses, Liverworts, and Ferns:

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Common mosses and liverworts of the southeastern US
Checklist of the Mosses of North Carolina    
Liverworts from the southeastern United States    
Ferns and Fern Allies of the Southeastern United States   
Ferns of Pittsylvania County, Virginia    
Photographs of Ferns and Allies of the Ozarks and Interior Highlands      

Flowering Plants:

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Places to Buy Native Plants (*= wholesale only):

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Niche Gardens (Chapel Hill, NC)
North Carolina Botanical Garden Plant Sale (Chapel Hill, NC)
Mellow Marsh Farm (Pittsboro, NC)
Cure Nursery native trees and shrubs * (Pittsboro, NC) 
Hoffman Nursery native and ornamental grasses * (Rougemont, NC)    
Carolina Carnivores    
RareBird Nursery (Castalia, NC)
Carolina Greenery (West End, NC)    
Coastal Plain Conservation Nursery (Edenton, NC)
Meadowbrook Nursery; We-Du Natives (Marion, NC) 
Gardens of the Blue Ridge (Pineola, NC)  
North Carolina Forest Service Division of Forest Resources seedling catalog  
Carolina Wild (Anderson, SC)    
Woodlanders Inc. rare plants (Aiken, SC) 
Blackwater Nurseries, Inc. (Greenpond, SC)  
Wild Woods Farm Native Nursery (Virginia Beach, VA)   
The Milkweed Farm (Bluemont, VA) 
Shooting Star Nursery (Frankfort, KY)
Sunlight Gardens (Clinton, TN)
Native Gardens (Tellico Lake, TN)
Green Plant Market, Inc. (Senoia, GA)  
Mail-Order Natives (Lee, FL)  
Pine Ridge Gardens (London, AR)   
Easyliving Wildflowers (seed)  (Willow Springs, MO)  
Bluestem Nursery (Arlington, TX) 
Native American Seed  (Junction, TX)
Ernst Conservation Seeds (Meadville, PA)  
Eastern Plant Specialties (Clark, NJ)  
Toadshade Wildflower Farm (Frenchtown, NJ)    
Wildflower Farm  (Schomberg, ON)  
Prairie Moon Nursery (Winona, MN)  
North American Prairies (Annandale, MN)     
Prairie Nursery (Westfield, WI)  
Prairie Ridge Nursery (Mt. Horeb, WI)     
Ohio Prairie Nursery (Hiram, OH)    
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens (Depauw, IN)   
Native Plant Exchange (online forum)

Fungi, Lichens, Algae, and Slime Molds:  

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South Carolina Algal Ecology Lab    
The Fungus of the Month  
The Mushroom genus Laccaria of North America  
Dave's Marvelous Mushroom Homepage
John Tacoma's Mushroom Slide Collection  
MushroomExpert.Com   
Dr. Fungus    
Lichens of North America    
Slime Molds of New York State  

Butterflies, Moths, and Skippers (Lepidoptera):

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Carolina Butterfly Society
Trees that attract butterflies
Butterflies of North Carolina    
Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina       
Moth checklist and photos for Fort Macon State Park    
Moths of Greenville County, South Carolina    
Lepidoptera of Georgia    
Smithsonian Institution's Butterfly Habitat Garden   
Butterflies and Skippers of North America   
Butterflies of North America (USGS-NPWRC)   
Web images of North American Moth Species
Moths of North America (USGS-NPWRC)    
Moth Photographers Group of Eastern North America  
Connecticut Moths  
Mostly Moths of Maryland  
Sphingidae of the United States   
The genus Catocala in the US     
Noctuid Search: An Interactive Key to Noctuidae of North America  
Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
Stinging and dangerous-looking Caterpillars of Alabama     
NJ Slug Caterpillars   
HOSTS worldwide hostplants and caterpillars database

Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata):

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Dragonflies of North Carolina  
North Carolina Dragonfly Checklist
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia    
Georgia Odonates   
Louisiana Dragonfly and Damselfly Photos  
Key to North American Dragonfly Genera     
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of the United States (USGS-NPWRC) 

True Flies (Diptera):

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The Diptera Site    
Diptera.info   
Aquatic families of Diptera  
Key to the Asilid Genera of the Eastern U.S.  
Robberflies (Asilidae) of Georgia   
Arkansas Asilidae  
Asilidae Homepage 
Key and guide to robber flies of the genus Laphria (the bee hunters)  
Key to the Laphria of Arkansas     
Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) of Georgia      
The Tachinid Times       
Checklist of the Chironomidae of North and South Carolina        
Chironomidae and Water Beetles of Florida    
The Chironomid Home Page    
Virginia Mosquito Control Association    
Insects Commonly Mistaken for Mosquitoes    
Common Mosquito Species of Leon County, Florida   
New Jersey's Mosquitoes    
Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World

Beetles (Coleoptera):

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Beetle Breeding Web's Beetle of the Month  
Water Beetlemania   
South Carolina Tiger Beetles   
Tiger Beetles of the United States  
The Firefly Files    
Common Lady Beetles of Ontario    
The Darkling Beetles of Florida and the Eastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)   
Cerambycidae of Florida   
Cerambycids of Florida  
Identification Guide to the Leaf Beetles of Great Smoky Mountains National Park   
The Leaf Beetles of Alabama (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)    
Guide to Palearctic Flea Beetle Genera (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) 
The BuprestOidEa of North America (north of Mexico)  
Guide to Genera of New World Scarab Beetles   
An Illustrated Guide to the Genera of Staphylinidae of America north of Mexico  
Nebraska Silphids   
The Maine Carabid Survey

Cicadas and Grasshoppers (Orthoptera):

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Grasshoppers of Florida   
Orthoptera Online      
Orthoptera Species File   
Singing Insects of North America    
Cicada Central   
Cicada Mania   
Mid-Atlantic Cicada Database Project   
Cicadas of Michigan    
Periodical Cicada Page       

Ants, Bees, and Wasps (Hymenoptera):

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AntBase  
Online Catalog of the Ants of North America    
Bees of New York State   
The Bees of Florida   
Solitary Bees and Things  
Common Missouri Wasps and Bees          

General Insects:

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North Carolina Entomological Society
NCSU Insect Collection    
Clemson University's Virtual Entomological Museum  
BugGuide.Net     
What's That Bug?    
The Insects of Cedar Creek (MN)     
Key to Orders and Families of Insects  
A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects   
A Gallery of Florida Insects   
Bugs of Florida   
Museum of Entomology, Florida State Collection of Arthropods    
Iowa State University Entomology Image Gallery   
Iowa State University Entomology Index of Internet Resources    
Aquatic Insects of Michigan   
North American Insect Orders   
The USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory   
Insectclopedia    
Insect ABC's 2004       
Museum of Comparative Zoology - Entomology Primary Type Specimen Database   
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign   
The Pollination Home Page  
Vanishing Insects of the United States      
Gallery of Common Galls   
The Antlion Pit 
Roachman (pet cockroach supplier)  
Mayfly Central
Mayflies of the United States (USGS-NPWRC) 
Short Key to Mayfly Genera
Stoneflies of the United States (USGS-NPWRC)   
Atlas of the Collembola of Britain and Ireland  
Virginia Tech Insect Identification Laboratory    
A guide to biocontrol agents in North America
Agricultural insects from the Clemson Cooperative Extension
North Carolina Insect Pest Identification Guides
North Carolina Urban Pests

Spiders and relatives: 

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G.B. Edwards Gallery of Color Photographs of Salticidae of Americas   
Jumping Spiders of America north of Mexico  
Florida Phidippus   
Spiders in Ohio  
Key to the Spiders of Black Rock Forest 
Key to the Spiders of Virginia Apple Orchards
Noteworthy Spiders of Pennsylvania
The Arachnology Home Page
The Scorpion du Jour

Other Arthropods:

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Walking With Woodlice   
Scolopendromorph Centipedes in North America    
Myriapoda.Org   
Crayfish USA   
The Crawdad Hole  
The Crayfish Corner   
The Crayfish Home Page   
Common Florida Fiddler Crabs (Uca sp.)  
Quick Key to Soil-dwelling Arthropods  
Milli-PEET (Millipede website of the Field Museum of Natural History)
Pictographic Key to Missouri Ozark Forest Leaf Litter Arthropods 

Molluscs:

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North Carolina Mussel Atlas     
Workbook and Key to the Freshwater Bivalves of North Carolina   
Color plates for use with Key to the Freshwater Bivalves of NC    
Missouri Mollusks         
Freshwater Snails of Florida     
The Trail of the Snail     

Aquatic Macroinvetebrates:

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The Pond Life Game (from the North American Lake Management Society) 
Aquatic Invertebrates Illustrated Field Guide 
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Identification Key 
An Introduction to Benthic Macroinvertebrates   
Electronic Field Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates of Small Streams in Massachusetts  
Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates of the Upper Midwest   
Major Stream Invertebrates  
Digital image library of the North American Benthological Society 
Biological Indicator Species of Watershed Health  
The Aquatic Insect Page          

Other Invertebrates:

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Metazoan Diversity Homepage   
The Weekly Invertebrate
GLIDE: the Global Litter Invertebrate Decomposition Experiment  
Onychophora Online
Planarians.org 
Parasites and Parasitological Resources 
Protist Picture Gallery    
The Wonderfully Weird World of Rotifers   
The Rotifer Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences    
Key to Tardigrade Genera  

Fish: 

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Raleigh Aquarium Society 
North Carolina's Endemic Fish  
Fresh Water Fish of North Carolina  
Key to the Freshwater Fishes of South Carolina
E-Fish: The Virtual Aquarium (of Virginia)
Florida's Freshwater Fishes, with Photos
North American Freshwater Fishes Index
Fishbase
The Southeastern Fishes Council    
Conservation Fisheries, Inc.   
The Native Fish Conservancy      
Native Fish Conservancy e-mail list  
North American Native Fishes Association

Reptiles and Amphibians:

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North Carolina Herpetological Society
Amphibians and Reptiles of North Carolina    
Checklist of North Carolina Amphibians
Checklist of North Carolina Reptiles  
Venomous Snakes of North Carolina   
Central Carolina Amphibian and Reptile Initiative
Project Bog Turtle
The Herping Adventures of Ron and Eitan Grunwald                  
South Carolina Reptiles and Amphibians    
Tennessee Amphibian Monitoring Program       
Tennessee Frogs and Toad ID pages    
Frogs and Toads of Georgia   
Key and Tutorial to Tadpoles of the United States and Canada   
Non-native Reptiles and Amphibians of the United States 
National Atlas for Amphibian Distributions   
Living Underworld Amphibian Information Resource   

Birds and Birdwatching:

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Triangle (NC) Birder's Guide    
Triangle (NC) Bird Checklist   
Bird checklists of North Carolina State Parks    
Bird checklists of National Wildlife Refuges in North Carolina
Carolina Bird Club
Chapel Hill Bird Club   
Wild Bird Center of Chapel Hill - bird walks and tours   
North Carolina Birding Trail    
Wings Over Water Birding Festival   
Seabirding: Pelagic Trips out of North Carolina    
Ventures Birding Tours  
Operation Rubythroat: The Hummingbird Project
Hummingbirds of North Carolina
North Carolina Bluebird Society   
Manns Harbor, NC Purple Martin Roost Project   
North Carolina mentor program of the Purple Martin Conservation Association   
Birds of South Carolina  
South Carolina Breeding Bird Atlas    
Cape Romain Bird Observatory    
Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail  
Florida Bird Songs   
Illinois Bird Songs   
Birds of New Jersey - Songs and Recordings   
Florida Breeding Bird Atlas   
Hawk Migration Association of North America    
The Turkey Vulture Society   
Owling.com    
Chimney Swifts.org   
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics Recorded Sounds - Warblers Collection  
Ducks at a Distance: A Waterfowl Identification Guide   
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's Bird of the Week     
Life Histories of Familiar North American Birds, by Arthur Cleveland Bent  
North American Bird Sounds 
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
BioDiversity Institute's Internet Field Guide to Birds of North America     

Mammals:

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Mammals of North Carolina
Endangered and Threatened Mammals of North Carolina
South Carolina Mammals
National Opossum Society   
The Cougar Network    

Nature Centers and Natural Areas:  

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Triangle Greenprint Project    
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History (York, SC)    
Picture Creek prairie preserve    
Duke Forest    
Friends of West Point (on the Eno)    
B. W. Wells Association     
Stevens Nature Center at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve   
Umstead Coalition 
Sandy Creek wetlands (Duke University Wetland Center restoration project)
Howell Environmental Learning Center   
Cool Springs Environmental Learning Center 
Piedmont Environmental Center 
The Mountains-to-Sea Trail    
Triangle Greenways Council  
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy    
Triangle.com Take It Outside   
Mecklenburg County Nature Centers (McDowell, Reedy Creek, and Latta Plantation)   
Palmetto-Peartree Preserve (Columbia, NC)    
The Green Swamp    
Tulula Bog   
Davidson College Ecological Preserve  
Catawba College Ecological Preserve  
Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve (Charlotte, NC)  
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden (Belmont, NC)  
Grandfather Mountain  
Roan Mountain   
Foothills Equestrian Nature Center
Western North Carolina Nature Center   
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Natural Area Preserve System   
Virginia Solite Quarry (Pittsylvania County, VA)    
Meadowview Biological Research Station (Woodford, VA)
Natural History at Sweet Briar College (Sweet Briar, VA)
Three Lakes Nature Center and Aquarium (Richmond, VA)  
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Teaching Marsh (Gloucester Point, VA)  
South Carolina Heritage Preserve system   
Francis Beidler Forest (Harleyville, SC)
Caw Caw Interpretive Center (Ravenel, SC)
St. Stephen Fish Lift (Berkeley County, SC)   
Elachee Nature Science Center (Gainesville, GA)

Museums, Zoos, Aquaria, and Botanical Gardens:

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North Carolina Botanical Garden
Blomquist Garden of Native Plants     
Guilford County Legacy/Demonstration Garden          
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
North Carolina Aquariums
North Carolina Zoological Park
Duke University Primate Center
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden (Columbia, SC)
Aurora (NC) Fossil Museum
Natural Science Center of Greensboro
SciWorks (Winston-Salem, NC)            

Helping Wildlife:

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North Carolina State University Fisheries, Wildlife, and Aquaculture Extension
        Working With Wildlife (pdf)
        Working With Wildlife (html)
North Carolina Partners in Flight    
Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants (NC Cooperative Extension)    
Managing Backyards and Other Urban Habitats for Birds (NC Cooperative Extension)    
Butterflies In Your Backyard (NC Cooperative Extension)    
Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds    
The Presettlement Piedmont Savanna: A Model for Landscape Design and Management   
Suburban Renewal   
Backyard Conservation Tip Sheet
Backyard Wildlife Habitat Homepage    
Living with Local Wildlife   
Kathy Biggs' Wildlife Pond
10 Steps to an Enviro-Friendly Landscape
How to Make Your Property Wildlife Friendly    
Restoration Systems LLC - Natural Resources Restoration & Conservation   
Wildlife Rehabilitators of the US  
Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina  
Piedmont Wildlife Center
American Wildlife Refuge raptor rehabilitation and education
Felicité Latané Animal Sanctuary
Carnivore Preservation Trust     
Conservators' Center   
Carolina Raptor Center
Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (Topsail Island, NC)

North Carolina Conservation Groups:

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Triangle Land Conservancy
New Hope (NC) Audubon Society
Wake County (NC) Audubon Society
Audubon North Carolina
Eno River Association
Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association
Friends of South Ellerbe Creek
Morgan Creek Valley Alliance
Friends of Bolin Creek
Neuse River Foundation
Upper Neuse River Basin Association
Haw River Program
Haw River Assembly
Cape Fear River Assembly
Dan River Basin Association
Schoolhouse of Wonder
Environmental Educators of North Carolina
Frog Hollow Outdoors
Conservation Trust of North Carolina
Piedmont Land Conservancy
Sandhills Area Land Trust
The Land Trust for North Carolina
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
The North Carolina Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
Trust for Public Land - Carolinas region
North Carolina Wildlife Federation
The North Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club
Headwaters Group (Durham)
Orange-Chatham Group
Capital Group (Raleigh)
Triangle Inner City Outings
Southern Environmental Law Center
Conservation Council of North Carolina
Durham Community Environmental Coalition
North Carolina Conservation Network
North Carolina Action Network
North Carolina Public Interest Research Group
Missing Links Biology Club (UNC-Asheville)
Carolina Estuarine Reserve Foundation
North Carolina Coastal Federation
North Carolina Watershed Coalition, Inc.
Southeast Watershed Forum
The Citizen's Handbook of North Carolina's Environmental Information Sources
SouthWings: Conservation Through Aviation
South East Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces (SEEDS)
Trees Across Raleigh
People for Parks
North Carolina Big Sweep

Websites of Duke Natural History Society Members:

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Joshua S. Rose, and Josh's BugGuide site
Tracy S. Feldman
Norm Douglas
Randy Emmitt
Will Cook
Jeff Pippen
Sharleen Johnson
DNHS members Milo Pyne and Judy Teague work for NatureServe
R. Graham Reynolds
GregDodge
Norm Budnitz (who also works for CIBL)
Mike Dickison
Gregory Georges
Patrick Coin (he has this onetoo.)
Ron Sutherland
(and see also a link above for Alex Netherton The Appalachian Naturalist)