Reading and Resources
BioBlogs
- MSU Hyena Research – Great research blog by the Kay Holecamp Hyena Lab
- Sociobiology – Amazing advice for advancing in academia
- Lessons Learned as a Field Biologist – hilarious blog about field work misadventures
- Resources for Biology Teachers – Greg Laden’s Blog
Community Science & Conservation
- iNaturalist– very easy to use website for recording and compiling wildlife/plant observations (complete with phone apps), observations are peer reviewed for ID accuracy and several scientific and casual projects use it for data
- Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas
- BSC: Canadian Lakes Loon Survey – volunteers monitor a lake 3 times a year for loon activity
- BSC: Southern Ontario Bald Eagle Monitoring Project
- BSC: Ontario Whipoorwill Monitoring
- BSC: Project FeederWatch
- BSC: Christmas Bird Count
- BSC: Great Backyard Bird Count
- BSC: Ontario Nocturnal Owl Survey
- BSC: Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program
- BSC: American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey
- BSC: Project NestWatch
- BSC: Great Canadian Birdathon
- eBird
- Toronto Urban Bird Program
- BSC: Swifts and Swallows
- Important Bird Areas
- Adventure and Science – Geared towards outdoor sports enthusiasts… who may as well be collecting data at the same time
- Merlin Project – Teach computers how to identify birds from photos
- Cornell Ornithology Lab Citizen Science Page
- The Bat Detective – Help identify bat calls
- CWF: Backyard Habitat Program
- CWF: Bat Box Monitoring Program
- Stewardship Network of Ontario
- NatureCounts
Free and Open Source Scientific Software
- Siriema – Spatial Evaluation of Road Mortality
- NetLogo – modeling environment
- QGIS – GIS software
- I3S – recognition of individual animals from photos of spots/stripe patterns
- MSU Geographic converter – Convert UTM to Lat/Long and vice versa
- SatScan – free software for analysis which involve spatial and temporal data
- Mesquite – free software for evolutionary biology, designed to help biologists organize and analyze comparative data about organisms
- Spirits – free software for analyzing satellite derived image time series in crop and vegetation monitoring
- FishWerks – optimization tool for removal of barriers to fish movement around the Great Lakes
Wildlife Jobs and Societies
- How to Apply for a Field Job: An excellent primer by Auriel Fournier
- Crap Wildlife Volunteer Jobs: For when you don’t really need to get paid
- Society for Conservation Biology
- Society for Ecological Restoration
- Conservation Ontario
- Ontario Environmental Directory: Directory of environmental groups, organizations & agencies across Ontario, Canada
- Wildlife Careers
- GoodWorks Canada
- Evol-Dir
- EcoLog
- WorkCabin
- Ontario GoJobs
- Eluta
- Texas A&M Job Board
- Ornithological Society of North America Job Board
- Wildlife Handling Job Board
- The Nature Conservancy
- Nature Conservancy of Canada
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust UK
- Bird Studies Canada
- FieldStations.ca – a list and description of field stations in Canada
Fun Biology Resources
- Scishow – Hank Green talks about random science stuff
- CrashCourse: Biology – Hank Green again, doing a basic overview of tons of subjects in biology. As my BFF says, if we’d had this in our undergrad we would have studied completely differently!
- The Brain Scoop – Emily Graslie explores cool collections of dead aminals!
- CreatureCast – short animations on interesting critters
- Yale Open Course: Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour
- Douchy’s Biology Podcast
- Things I learned as a Field Biologist – true stories both horrifying and hilarious, about what really happens in field biology
- Birdandmoon – Nature comics and outdoor adventures
- The Field Guides – Field biology podcast
Statistical Help!
Misc
- Species at Risk Reference Toolbox
- HEE – Longterm ecological study in Indiana
- Conservation Evidence – Resource which collects and compiles research to support conservation decisions – searchable by decision or taxon
- Ontario Conservation Events and Training
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