The Darwin Digital Library of Evolution is based at the American Museum of Natural History Library. The goal of this undertaking is to make the full literature of evolution available online within a historically and topically coherent structure. The work of Charles Robert Darwin is our pivot, but our framework includes the 17th century to the present and encompasses the history of evolution as a scientific theory with deep roots and broad cultural consequences. DDLE is a pilot project drawing on resources of members of the Biodiversity Heritage Library Consortium1 contributions are included from the Natural History Museum (London) and the Missouri Botanical Garden. ... [Information of the supplier]
“The Panda’s Thumb” is many things… First, it is an example of jury-rigged evolutionary adaptation made famous by the late Stephen Jay Gould in an essay of the same name. Second, it is the legendary virtual bar serving the community of the legendary virtual University of Ediacara somewhere in the Ediacaran hills of southern Australia, growing out of the lore of the Usenet talk.origins newsgroup. And now it is a weblog giving another voice for the defenders of the integrity of science, the patrons of “The Panda’s Thumb”. Much as in any tavern serving a university community, you can expect to hear a variety of levels of discussion, ranging from the picayune to the pedantic. The authors are people associated with the virtual University of Ediacara (and thus the talk.origins newsgroup), and various web sites critical of the antievolution movement, such as the TalkOrigins Archive, TalkDesign, and Antievolution.org. ... [Information of the supplier]
One of the main objectives of the natural history museums is an authentic presentation of science. Therefore, they vehemently reject all varieties of fundamentalism and over interpretation of scientific findings for ideological ends. On this blogsite we wish to offer information and comments about the programme of events of the German natural history museums and their partners. You will find the events programme under www.darwinjahr2009.de. Other information is given in the first blog entry. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
The EvolDir is directed toward evolutionary biologists, population biologists and scientists in related areas. Reminder: the preferred use of EvolDir is for bulletins not discussions (for the latter see the USENET/Google groups). [Information of the supplier]
In 2008, it came to my attention that despite evolution's importance and controversial nature, there was no free source that offered high-quality, easy-to-understand evolution education. You either had to pay for a textbook (which was probably hard to understand anyway) or you had to go to some website that doesn't do a particularly good job, or assumes that you know a lot about science. I wanted to do something about this problem. In February of 2009, I published EvoEdu. Here, the theory of evolution is presented in a way that's actually easy to understand. Everything on the site is free, and nothing will talk down to you. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
This web site is presenting a number of selected texts by Donald R. Forsdyke on evolutionary biology, covering topics like species barriers, variation, heredity, selection and isolation. [Editorial staff vifabio]
In 2009 Charles Darwin will be commemorated worldwide. The celebrations aim to honour the person who developed one of the most important scientific theories ever: The Theory of Evolution. Charles Robert Darwin was born in England on 12 February 1809; 50 years later (1859) he published his seminal work "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". The international Darwin Year celebrates both the 150th anniversary of this innovative publication and the bicentenary of Darwin's birth. ... [Information of the supplier]
"Change by Evolution: Charles-Darwin-Jahr 2009", eine Initiative der Stadt Wien, bündelt thematisch geordnete Verweise im Zusammenhang mit dem 200. Geburtstag von Charles Darwin in Form eines Webportals. Die Kategorien erstrecken sich von Leben und Werk Darwins, aktuellen Ausstellungen und Veranstaltungen zu Charles Darwin im Großraum Wien, Medienberichten und Forschungsvorhaben bis hin zu Darwins Bedeutung für die heutigen Biowissenschaften und die Bioethik. ... [Redaktion vifabio]
Survival Rivals is part of the Wellcome Trust’s offering for Darwin 200. The work of Trust funded scientists has helped to expand our understanding of evolution, in humans and other species. Darwin 200 represents the opportunity for people to consider Darwin’s ideas and how they have been developed and interpreted, as well as the impact and the relevance evolution has for our lives today. As part of Darwin 200, the Wellcome Trust is taking forward three strands of public engagement activity, in the fields of education, broadcast and culture. Under the Education strand the Trust is providing Darwin-related evolution experiments for every school in the UK, and Survival Rivals is the secondary schools part of this initiative. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
To mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, commissioned and funded by the Wellcome Trust, has created The Great Plant Hunt. This exciting project will encourage children to explore the natural world around them and join other schools in the biggest ever school science project. Forming part of the Darwin 200 initiative, The Great Plant Hunt invites primary school children to follow in the footsteps of Darwin by going on nature walks in and around their school grounds. They'll find out more about plants and in the process learn key scientific skills. ... [Information of the supplier]