Biology: Online Resources

Online materials and educational tools for biology and related subjects. BioEd offers videos, slides and other useful information resources.

Includes recommendations for up-to-date biological sciences resources such as monthly podcasts, online journals and discussions, videos and webinars.

Free audio books and recorded lectures

AIBS is a scientific association dedicated to advancing the biological sciences to promote an increased understanding of all life. This website include podcasts, videos, news and initiatives. It also provides access to the association’s publications.

Comprehensive online source for biology articles and tutorials. It also provides a biology dictionary and forum.

BMC has an evolving portfolio of some 300 peer-reviewed journals, sharing discoveries from research communities in science, technology, engineering and medicine.

PLOS is a nonprofit and Open Access publisher.

Free, open and trusted digital encyclopedia for knowledge of the many life-forms on Earth (nimals, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria)

An online database that provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, onward Web links, and references.

DNALC animations feature stunning visualizations of cellular and molecular processes. Processes like DNA translation, transcription, replication, and more are explained in interactive animations.

Tens of 3D simulations for the major experiments of Biology, Chemistry & Physics. Allows students to access a realistic virtual lab from their devices at any time. Additional multimedia files to help students while performing the scientific experiments.
(Only the basic plan is free)

Online laboratory designed to give the student an opportunity to manipulate laboratory equipment, gather data and process that data following standard mathematical and observational techniques.

More than 150 online simulations and other helpful faculty resources: activities and questions to ask students. Simulations are available in different languages.