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.

Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms

(Saturday November 21, 2009)

Why bird flu has not caused a pandemic

(Saturday November 21, 2009)

An atomic-level look at an HIV accomplice

(Saturday November 21, 2009)

Active hearing process in mosquitoes

(Saturday November 21, 2009)

Amaizing: Corn genome decoded

(Saturday November 21, 2009)

First map of chromosome terminals of higher fungi

(Saturday November 21, 2009)