This site offers a large selection of pictures of Natural History objects, mostly British in origin. The images are presented to illustrate biodiversity and as an aid to identification. While pictures alone are generally NOT sufficient for identification, by showing different stages, states and views of the organisms more information can be offered than is available in field-guides. How to find your way around: BioImages is arranged in the normal biological classification (or at least my interpretation of it.) This is a hierarchical system with species grouped in genera, genera in families, families in orders and so on up to kingdoms and superkingdoms. 'Living Things' takes you to the top of the classification tree. If you just want to browse, Shortcuts takes you to a list of links to groups of organisms. You can then go directly to the group your are interested in. Then follow the links down to the species you want to see. On the left of each page in the classification hierarchy is a column of links to take you back up the hierarchy. Using these and the subtaxon links in the body of the page you can navigate sideways. This is a large site containing (Mar 06) 53,000 images depicting 4,600 species. The images include habitat shots, close-ups, macro shots and microscopy. Enjoy! ... [Information of the supplier]
Seit dem Jahre 2000 ist unter www.koleopterologie.de eine umfangreiche Galerie mitteleuropäischer und weiterer Käfer (Coleoptera) entstanden, die mittlerweile weit über 6.000 Fotos (8282; Stand Dezember 2006) von mehr als 200 Bildautoren/innen umfaßt und von mehr als 1.000 Nutzern pro Tag besucht wird. Ziel ist es möglichst viele Arten abzubilden, um damit den Farb- und Formenreichtum der heimischen Käfer zu dokumentieren und eine Anregung zur Beschäftigung mit Käfern zu geben. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
Auch Wanzen gehören zu den bekannteren und gerne fotografierten Insektenordnungen mit vielen auffälligen und bekannten Arten. Hier soll nun eine Galerie mitteleuropäischer Wanzen (Heteroptera) entstehen, in der möglichst viele Arten Einzug halten sollen, um damit ihren Farb- und Formenreichtum zu dokumentieren und eine Anregung zur Beschäftigung mit Wanzen zu geben. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The alpha (transparency) channels in these PNG files are released under the attribution share-alike Creative Commons license. NOTE: only the full-resolution versions you get by clicking "zoom" have the alpha channel, the screen-resolution versions are jpg files. The original bits are from Ernst Haeckel. These are the building blocks I used the make the Kunstformen Dub tracks on the SPOTWORKS DVD. ... [Information of the supplier]
The aim of this work is to provide a large iconographic sample of European moths and butterflies and, for each species, information about foodplants, breeding, life cycle. [Information of the supplier]
Whether you're talking to scientists or school children, nothing animates a presentation more than video of the subject. With support from The Royal Society, I've acquired video footage of a variety of reef-related phenomena during research trips. The full database of over 500 clips is provided here and is freely available for educational and research use. Simply select clips, download them to your hard disk, and insert them in PowerPoint or other presentation software. ... [Information of the supplier]
Welcome to Smithsonian WILD! This site is designed to showcase some of the exciting research conducted by the Smithsonian Institution and its collaborators around the world, and to highlight the incredible diversity of wildlife that exists in a range of habitats across the globe. The use of motion-triggered 'camera traps' has become an incredibly useful tool for scientists to answer an enormous range of conservation and ecological questions. Researchers attach these unique cameras to posts or trees, often along forest trails, and when a camera's sensor registers an animal's body heat and movement, a photograph is taken. The studies highlighted here demonstrate the range of applications of this method, and how these cameras give us a glimpse into an animal world that is rarely seen by anyone. You can search the site by following the trail of interesting animals or the lure of diverse sites around the world. You will notice that the images on this site vary considerably in quality, resolution and color. This is because the researchers involved in these studies have used a range of different camera models. Earlier camera models utilized standard film technology and took single photos when triggered. More recent camera models take digital photos and have the capacity to take many photos at each trigger event. We have included not just the most striking photos from these studies, but all the photographs. We think this will give you a better sense of the diversity of images captured by the cameras. This also allows us to show you 'near-video' sequences, which often display the movements and behavior of the animals. Our hope is that while you are being entertained by the amazing photographs, you will also learn about the animals, their diverse habitats, and what is being done to conserve them. At present we are accepting new photographs and datasets from professional survey efforts. If you have a dataset you think would be appropriate for this site, please contact William McShea. We hope in the future to accept photographs from citizen scientists as well, so keep checking back with the site for relevant updates. ... [Information of the supplier]
