Biological Sciences

Charles Darwin
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth!
Agriculture
General resources for the Pennsylvania farmer.
Botany
Information on the flora of Pittsburgh and beyond.
Bugs and other Arthropods
Catch the reading bug at your library this summer!
Dinosaurs
Explore dinosaurs at the library.
Environment
Local and global resources in print and online format
Evolutionary Biology
Resources on the origin of life and man
Magazines
Come in and browse through our magazines on the biological sciences, nature and the environment.
Paleontology
Learn about fossils and past eras.

ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News

Plants and animals. Read current science news in biology, botany and zoology. Find everything from research on genetics and stem cells to the most recent stories on animal care, with images.

Molecular path from internal clock to cells controlling rest and activity revealed

(Tuesday February 07, 2012)

Scared of a younger rival? Not for some male songbirds

(Tuesday February 07, 2012)

Ancient seagrass holds secrets of the oldest living organism on Earth

(Tuesday February 07, 2012)

2011 shark attacks remain steady, deaths highest since 1993

(Tuesday February 07, 2012)

Why bad immunity genes survive: Study implicates arms race between genes and germs

(Tuesday February 07, 2012)

An electronic green thumb

(Tuesday February 07, 2012)