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Science Friday Sticky

Science Friday is an amazing radio show and website. You can listen live via Public Radio International from 2 to 4 P.M. EST, download the podcast or listen and watch videos online. This program has been around since 1991 and covers the latest science from all fields as well as instances where science influences our culture and entertainment.

Science Friday is the source of my inspiration for creating weekendscientist.org as they endeavor to bring science to the enthusiast in all of us.

Butterfly Gardening Tips

Follow the link below to a page of New England oriented gardening tips to attract butterflies and other pollinators.

Bumblebee.org

There is a tremendous amount of information about bumblebees at this site. Check it out to satisfy your information needs as well as some ideas of what you can do on your own to help ensure the survival of native bumblebees.

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants

"Dr. Eleanor is an entomologist with a knack for telling good stories, especially about the secret lives of her favorite insects: the ANTS! In this new guide to the common ants of North America, Dr. Eleanor delights readers young and old with tales of our tiny insect neighbors. Her stories of the heroes and villains that tiptoe around us are brought to life in this interactive new eBook by the vibrant photographs of Alex Wild."

Vermont Center for Geographic Information

VCGI assists the GIS community in providing data, imagery, map viewer and geospatial technology information.Using the map viewer you can make a map of your choosing, with available data that interests you.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

"GBIF allows anyone, anywhere to access data about all types of life on Earth"GBIF uses a network of nodes and coordinates the biodiversity information facilities of participating countries and organizations.Consists of over 400 million records and is frequently cited as a source in peer-reviewed literature.

NatureServe Explorer

"NatureServe Explorer provides conservation status, taxonomy, distribution, and life history information for more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities and systems in the United States and Canada. The data available through NatureServe Explorer represent a “snapshot” of the U.S. and Canadian data managed in the NatureServe Central Databases. These databases are dynamic, being continually enhanced and refined through the input of hundreds of natural heritage program scientists and other collaborators.

Map of Life

This app is amazing. It allows you to search for where specific species of plant or animal live or list all the different things that might be living near you.  The database uses over 350 million records and is quite fast. Its still in demo mode so take the time to learn how to use it.

Vermont Geological Survey

There's a wealth of information here about the geology of Vermont.

USDA Plants Database

Lots of detailed information about vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts and lichen throughout the U.S.

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