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OneZoom Tree of life Explorer
The tree of life shows how all life on earth is related. Each leaf represents a different species. The branches show how these many species evolved from common ancestors over billions of years. In our interactive tree of life you can explore the relationships between 2,235,362 species and wonder at 105,279 images on a single…
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Interactive Tree of Life
Interactive Tree of Life is an online tool for the display, annotation and management of phylogenetic trees. Explore your trees directly in the browser, and annotate them with various types of data. Find out more about ecology by exploring this interactive data visualization. https://itol.embl.de/
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Bat Conservation International Species Profiles
Check out species profiles of bats around the world in this online library by Bat Conservation International. Search by state to find out which bats you might find locally. http://www.batcon.org/resources/media-education/species-profiles
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Article: How do bats echolocate and how are they adapted to this activity?
Bats are a fascinating group of animals. They are one of the few mammals that can use sound to navigate–a trick called echolocation. Of the some 900 species of bats, more than half rely on echolocation to detect obstacles in flight, find their way into roosts and forage for food. Find out in this article…
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Video: Tending the Wild- Gathering Medicine
Indigenous peoples in California relied on traditional gathering to provide for all of their food and medicinal needs. California’s landscapes produce hundreds of indigenous plant species that have been used thousands of years prior to European contact. And many of these plants and their preparations as medicine informed modern pharmacopeia, most notably aspirin, which is…
