Animals

Snakes of Tennessee
    (http://www.tennsnakes.org/) 

Frogs and Toads of Tennessee
    (http://tennessee.gov/twra/tamp/frogs.html) 

State Symbols (Tennessee Department of State)
    Look down in list for state insect, tree, animals, plants, amphibian, reptile.
    (http://www.state.tn.us/sos/symbols/symbols.htm) 

Amphibians and Reptiles of North Carolina
    (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/projects/herpcons/herpcons.html) 

Bird Identification
    Has excellent links, for example, to Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    (http://www.ornithology.com/identification.html)

Butterflies and Moths of North America
    (http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/) 

National Biological Information Infrastructure
    Has links to geographic areas, like Southern Appalachia for animals and plants, and other topics.
    (http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt)

Spiders at Arachnology
    (http://www.arachnology.be/Arachnology.html)

Spiders 
    Has more discussion about them
    (http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1548/eb1548.html)

National Wildlife Federation 
    Has many activities and ideas
    (http://www.nwf.org/)

Wildlife track identification and some animal sounds - (1) Tracking and Stalking North American Wildlife - http://www.geocities.com/~pack215/wildlife.html - and (2) Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den -  http://www.bear-tracker.com/ 

Subject searching for web sites using http://www.google.com for cougar sound (as an example) found an excellent web site featuring male and female cougar sounds at http://www.geocities.com/icomi1/WildAndFree.html. 

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 
    Has very selective streaming videos
    (http://www.fws.gov/video/)

See also Animal Issues Topic for animal rights sites.

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Clouds

Common Cloud Classification
    (http://www.gfdl.gov/~io/WEATHER/clouds.html)

Fossils

FossilWeb
    (http://www.fossilweb.com/id_menu.htm) 

Nashville Fossils
    (http://www.nashvillefossils.com/fossils/fossils.html)  

Yahoo! Paleontology
    Select fossils or other links
    (http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Paleontology/) 

Plants, Trees, Fungi and Poisonous Plants  

University of Tennessee Herbarium (includes fungi, mushrooms)
    (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/)

What Tree is It?
    (http://www.oplin.org/tree/)   

Leaf Identification
    (http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/temp/leafid.htm)   

Species Information
    Tree information from a site that sells products
    (http://www.treehelp.com/info.asp) 

East Tennessee Wildflowers and Hiking Trails
    By Kris Light
    (http://easttennesseewildflowers.com)  

Poisonous Plants of North Carolina 
    Good photos and information
    (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/poison.htm)

University of Tennessee Herbarium 
    Has photos and distribution maps
    (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/)

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Rocks and Minerals

Tennessee Geologic Map 
    Select generalized geologic map under "helpful links."
    (http://www.state.tn.us/environment/tdg/)

Common Minerals and Their Uses
      (http://www.mii.org/commonminerals.html)

Tennessee Rocks 
    This site has famous rock areas around Tennessee (like Chimney Rock).  There are links to waterfalls. 
    (http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/landforms/rocks.php)

State Rock, Stone, Gem, Flowers, Reptiles, etc.
    This site has symbols of Tennessee.
    (http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/tn_symb.htm)

Rocks and Minerals of Tennessee
    There are some pictures and descriptions of rocks and minerals.  Plans are to add more.
    (http://www.mtgms.org/tnrocks/index.htm)

Atlas of Rocks, Minerals, and Textures 
    Is from the University of North Carolina.  There are images and information.
    (http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/mainmenu.html)

Mineral Gallery
    (http://mineral.galleries.com) 

Metamorphic Rocks and Associated Minerals Home Page
    (http://www.uwm.edu/Course/422-100/Mineral_Rocks/metrox.index.html)

State Minerals Statistics and Information
    Chapters from the Minerals Yearbook
    (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/state/)

U.S. Geological Survey
    (http://www.usgs.gov/)

Geology Reference Guide at the East Campus Library Topics.

Tennessee Symbols

      Tennessee Symbols
          (http://www.state.tn.us/education/websymbs.shtml) 

Tennessee State Symbols and Emblems
    (http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/tn_symb.htm) 

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Last Updated June 12, 2009