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Animals

Classification
Annelids (1)
Arthropods (4)
Cnidarians (1)
Echinoderms (1)
Flatworms (1)
Mammals (10)
Molluks (1)
Reptiles (2)
Round worms (1)
Sponges (1)

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View Resource Animal Diversity Web

This website provides access to "an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan." (Overview at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/about/overview.html)

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
View Resource Brainwashed by a Parasite

This blog describes a parasitic relationship between fungi and various insects, specifically the ant. It also contains YouTube videos and blog responses to the subject at hand.

http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/brainwashed-...
View Resource Dogs Keep Their Genes on a Short Leash

Great Danes stretch more than a meter from paw to shoulder and can easily weigh more than 90 kilograms. A Chihuahua fits snugly inside a purse. Domestic dog breeds are more varied in body size and shape -- not to mention coat color and fur length -- than any other land-based mammal. Yet, according to a new study, a mere two to six regions in doggy DNA account for most of this diversity.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2010/08/dogs-keep-their-genes...
View Resource Eukaryota: Systematics

This website is a systematic overview of Eukaryota, including chromista, testaceafilosea, radiolaria, alveolates, rhodophyta, slime molds, primitive flagellates, amoebae & parasite taxa, green algae, choanoflgellata, fungi, plantae, and animalia. By clicking the boxes containing a picture of each category, readers can get more in-depth information about that category. Most web pages contains...

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/eukaryotasy.html
View Resource Green Sea Slug is Part Animal, Part Plant

This article describes the first truly photosynthetic animal reported; the Green Sea Slug. Cells in its digestive tract hijacks chloroplasts from algae it feeds on, preserve functionality of these chloroplasts in slug cells, and produce food by photosynthesis. Moreover, some genes important for maintaining photosynthetic function of these hijacked chloroplasts are believed to have transferred...

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/green-sea-slug/
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