Environmental Sites: Natural History

• An Amateur's Field Guide to San Dimas Canyon
  Plants, birds and wildlife of San Dimas Canyon.
• Bats of San Diego County
• The Birds and Butterflies of San Diego County
• Birds, Other Wildlife & Native Plants
  From the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
• British Dragonfly Society
  Two booklets: "Dig A Pond for Dragonflies" and "Managing Habitat for Dragonflies."
• BugBios
  "Shameless promotion of insect appreciation" - site intro. By Dexter Sear.
• Butterflies of Sacramento County, California
• California Dragonflies & Damselflies
• California Native Plant Society
• California Native Plant Society CNPS Orange County Chapter Plant Lists
• California Native Plants, El Nativo Growers, Inc.
  Wholesale nursery Web site with a fine availability list for native species and some good photographs and information, especially about Manzanita, California Lilacs, and Sages. It is strictly a wholesale nursery and does not sell to the public, but aspects of their Web site are quite useful for information, especially their extensive suitability lists, which include plants they recommend for wildlife, heavy soil, ocean exposure, to resist deer. - Jeffrey Caldwell
• California Wildflowers
  From the California Academy of Sciences. Look up flowers by color, common or Latin name. Family and map information also available.
• Coastal Prairies
  Essay found on the Santa Cruz Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
• Coyote Attacks On People in the U.S. and Canada
  By Tom Chester.
• Current Bug, Snake and Varmint Reports in the San Gabriel Mountains
  By Tom Chester.
• Desert Plants & Wildflowers
  By Desert USA.
• eNature.com
  Online field guides to 4,800+ North American plants, animals, butterflies, and insects.
• Field Guide to the San Gabriel Mountains: Natural History
  Excellent resource. Includes resources on: California Oaks, California Plant Pictures and Databases, General, and Animals, Geology and Geography, Plants, and Weather and Climate.
• Galapagos: Darwin's Laboratory of Evolution
  Natural history of the Galapagos Islands, slide show, links.
• Hinterland Who's Who
  From the Canadian Wildlife Service. Fact sheets about Canadian wildlife. Each fact sheet describes the appearance, life history, and habits of a Canadian bird or mammal or else discusses a wildlife-related topic such as bird feeding or endangered species. 60-second educational video vignettes are available for some wildlife. Excellent, comprehensive information.
• Home Range Size and Habitat Use of Urban Black Bears in the San Gabriel Mountains
  By Greg E. Van Stralen.
• Insectclopedia 
  This is a web portal to all things insectia. It is well arranged, easy to navigate, and has a huge number of high-quality links to a host of categories of the study of insects -- everything from identification to cuisine. 
• Jepson Prairie Preserve
  Found on the Solano Chapter of the California Native Plant Society site.
• Moths of Sacramento County, California
• Mountain Lion Attacks On People in the U.S. and Canada
  By Tom Chester.
• Native Bees Buzz the Pinnacles National Monument Home to 410 Species of Bees -- More than Anywhere in North America
  Article by Glen Martin, SF Chronicle Staff Writer.
• Native Habitats
• nature.ca: The Canadian Museum of Nature Online!
  Fascinating facts about 246 animal species, diversity, endangered and extinct animals. The illustrations are by Charles Douglas, former chief illustrator at the Canadian Museum of Nature. The text was originally published in our Natural History Notebook series (1977-81). - site intro. 
• Plant Communities of Santa Cruz County
  From the Santa Cruz chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
• Pocket Gophers: UC Pest Management Guidelines
  Complete guide with information on identification, biology and behavior, damage, legal status, management, warning on the use of chemicals, publication information and a glossary.
• Record of Native Bees Found in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area Region, with some of Their Likely Plant Hosts
  Compiled by Laura Arneson. Fascinating, thorough, with an explanation of terms. Taxonomically arranged.
• Sacramento County Birds
• San Diego Area Bird Information
• San Diego Natural History Museum Field Guide for the Californias
  Illustrated Guides: Baja California and the Sea of Cortés, Plants, Fossils, Arthropods, Minerals, Reptiles and Amphibians, and Sharks. Checklists include: Amphibians of San Diego County; Birds of Imperial County, California; Birds of San Diego County, California (130K); Breeding Birds of San Diego County - Annotated; Cacti of San Diego County; Mammals of Imperial County, California; Mammals of San Diego County, California; Plants of San Diego County, California; Reptiles of the Baja California Peninsula and Nearby Islands; Reptiles of San Diego County; Spiders of the Baja California Peninsula; and Spiders of San Diego County. Essays on: Bats; Faults and Earthquakes of San Diego County; Geology of San Diego County; Paleontology and our Local Desert; and Wilderness Ethics. FAQs include: Birds, Fossils and Paleontology, Insects, Mammals, Minerals, Plants, Rattlesnakes,
  Reptiles and Amphibians, and Seashells. Places to Go and Field Reports are also included.
• Seaturtle.org
  Supports research and conservation efforts in the sea turtle community. This goal is achieved primarily through the seaturtle.org website and has included providing online access to the Marine Turtle Newsletter Noticiero de Tortugas Marinas, supporting registration and administration of the Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, and providing valuable background information and support for conservation efforts related to the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles and Mexico. - site intro. Excellent, comprehensive site.
• The Tree of Life
  The Tree of Life is a project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics. The information is linked together in the form of the evolutionary tree that connects all organisms to each other - site intro.
• The Valentien Project: The Wildflowers of California
  From the San Diego Natural History Museum.
• Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide
  An aide in the identification of common weeds and weed seedlings found throughout Virginia and the Southeastern U.S. - site intro
• Wayne's Word: A Newsletter of Natural History Trivia
  A nonprofit quarterly journal published by WOLFFIA INC. The journal is dedicated to little-known facts and trivia about natural history subjects. - site intro.
• Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, California Department of Fish and Game
  In-depth natural history information on all species of California's terrestrial vertebrates [wildlife], including plant community associations, etc. - Jeffrey Caldwell.