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A Brief History of Marine Biology and Oceanography - http://www.meer.org/mbhist.htm Historical overview of marine sciences from the Bronze Age to the 20th century, with images and a timeline.

Biochemistry History - http://www.imagery-imagination.com/biochem.htm Short biographies of Biochemists Marshall Nirenberg, who cracked the genetic code, and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, discoverer of vitamins

Bioexplorer: History of Biology - http://www.bioexplorer.net/History_of_Biology/ A collection of links covering history of biology.

Biographies of Biologists - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/topic/history.html Alphabetical list of biologists' and paleontologists' biographies maintained by the University of California Museum of Paleontology.

Biotech Chronicles - http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/ Variety of resources for teaching the history of biotechnology, including timelines, biographies, and stories.

Evolution of Evolution - http://www.math.utah.edu/~heidi/evol0.html Essay on the interaction of human history, including women's history, and the development of evolution theory.

Evolution: Selected Papers and Commentary - http://post.queensu.ca/~forsdyke/evolutio.htm Full-text versions of key papers in evolutionary biology from the nineteenth century onwards, with particular emphasis on the work of William Bateson and Darwin's close research associate, George Romanes.

Historica Botanica - http://historicabotanica.blogspot.com/ Miscellany, reference information and research concerning the history of botany.

History of Biomedicine - http://www.mic.ki.se/History.html Extensive historical perspective of the medical and biomedical fields, including useful biomedical research links. From the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.

History of Evolutionary Theory - http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/search/topicbrowse2.php?topic_id=48 Evolutionary topics and scientists in their historical context - from Museum of Paleontology, UC-Berkeley.

International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) - http://www.ishpssb.org/ The Society sponsors an annual meeting, a listserv, and semiannual newsletters, and offers educational resources and a beginner's guide for research in the history of biology.

Jan Swammerdam - http://www.janswammerdam.net/ Describes the life and work of this 17th century Dutch microscopist.

Jean Linden - http://www.jeanlinden.info/ The 19th century Belgian who explored and horticulturist who specialized in orchids.

Joseph Dalton Hooker - http://www.jdhooker.org.uk/ A leading nineteenth century botanist, and close friend of Charles Darwin.

Journal of the History of Biology - http://www.springer.com/east/home?SGWID=5-102-70-35573870-0 Devoted to the history of the biological sciences, with additional interest and concern in philosophical and social issues confronting biology. Table of contents, author instructions, and subscription information.

Lefalophodon - http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~alroy/lefa/lophodon.html An informal and incomplete guide to the history of evolutionary biology from about 1800 to about 1950. Its main emphases are on the late 19th century and on paleontology.

Life Sciences in the Twentieth Century - http://depts.washington.edu/hssexec/newsletter/1997/allen.html History of Science Society newsletter article, by Garland Allen, 1997.

Robert Hooke - http://www.roberthooke.org.uk/ Site devoted to the life and work of Robert Hooke, one of the leading scientists of 17th century England, and first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society.

The Alfred Russel Wallace Page - http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/index1.htm Contains information about the English naturalist, including commentaries, full-text of some of his writings, and bibliographies.

The History of Evolution - http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HISTEVOL.html Not just the historical aspects of evolution, but also the evolution of all species.

The Huxley File - http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/ The works of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895): physiologist, anatomist, anthropologist, agnostic, educator, and Darwin's bulldog.

The World of Richard Dawkins - http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/ Biographical and research resource about the evolutionary biologist, including a schedule of events, list of publications, and other resources in evolution.

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