The Rio Grande Valley's Nature Site

A Potpourri of Eclectic Links:

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Below are indeed a potpourri of eclectic links to all kinds of helpful information.  Although most of them are there to assist you in enjoying  wildlife watching here in South Texas' Lower Rio Grande Valley, many are great references, some are just plain fun, and all of them are worth visiting ...check them out!  ¡Diviértase y goce!

NATURAL HISTORY SITES:

American Field Guide (1400 PBS videos)

Directory of Web Nature e-mail Groups and Archives

Intergrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Zipcode Zoo

Circus of the Spineless (excellent)

Rainforest-Related Web Sites

ARKive-Images of Life on Earth

Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature

Funny or Curious Zoological Names

Centre for Bioscience Image Bank

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility

Nat. Park's Flora and Fauna Species Data Bases

Guide to Nature Sounds on the Net

Nature Songs-Recordings from Nature

Singing Insects of North America

Earthlife Web

National Wildlife Federation's e-Nature

Ecoworld

Earth Portal

NatureServe

Neartica (flora and fauna of US)

University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web

Florida EPA Lab's Keys and Guides to Flora & Fauna

BugBios

Discover Life

Insectclopedia

BugGuide

What's That Bug I.D.

American Arachnological Society

AntWeb

Orthoptera Species File

Field Guide to Texas Insects

Spiders of Texas

"TX-ENTO" (chat group) Reference Page

"TX-ENTO" (chat group) Archives

TAMU'a TIARA site (on-line info for insects in TX & MX)

TAMU's Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection

TAMU's Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences

TAMU's Cooperative Extention Service

Mammals of Texas

Herps of Texas

Amphibia Web

Center for North American Herpetology

Snakes of North America

Sea Turtle Information

Texas Paleontology Links

Texas Salt Water Fishing

Texas Fresh Water Fishing

Texas Coastal Tides Times

Sunrise/Sunset-Moonrise/Moonset Tables for One Year

ASTRONOMY SITES:

Austin Astronomical Society

McDonald Observatory's StarDate

Phases of the Moon

USNO's Astronomical Applications Data Service

Earth and Moon Viewer

Sea and Sky

Sky View Cafe

MAPS SITES:

Texas Maps

TerraServer (maps)

World Atlas

Topozone (maps)

Mapquest (maps)

Flash Earth

VARIOUS REFERENCES & INFORMATION SITES (check out our Museums and Libraries Links for more references):

New York Public Library Digital Online Search

SCIRUS-Scientific Paper Search Engine

Nature Writers of Texas

College and University Home Pages

Numerous References from Bartleby (excellent)

HighBeam Online Encyclopedia

World Book Online Encyclopedia

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Mythology

Wikipedia

Dictionary of the History of Ideas

Specialized Dictionaries Online

Dictionary On-line

Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms of Scientific Words

The Quotations Page

Quotations from Literature

Atlapedia (facts and stats on world's nations)

GeoHive Global Statistics

Nations of the World Info.

Classical Music Glossary

Information Please

Reference Desk

Martindale's Reference Desk

The Old Farmer's Almanac

How Stuff Works

How To Do (just about)Everything

Guinness World Records

OTHER HELPFUL INFORMATION SITES:

Tiny URL (Makes Long URL's Usable)

Area Codes Lookup

Reverse Phone Number Lookup

USPS ZIP Code+4 Lookup

Perpetual Calendar

Online Conversation Tables (from anything to anything else)

Acronym Finder

Get Human Database

Dial a Human Database

ENGLISH MAJOR SITES:

Bibliomania

e-Book Collections Web Sites

Great Books on Line (Bartleby.com)

More Great Literature Online

Read Books On-Line

Literature On-Line

More Literature Online

Even More Literature On-line

English Grammar Online

Glossary of Literary Terms

Cambridge History of English and American Literature

Anthology of English Literature

Norton Anthology of English Literature

Norton Anthology of American Literature

Medieval and Classical Library Online

Victorian Age on the Web

Complete Works of Shakespeare Online

Complete Works of Chaucer Online

Poetry from The Academy of American Poets

PennSound-Online Audio Poetry

Poetry Archive

Famous Poetry On-Line

Poet Seers

"The Writer's Almanac" (On-line Poetry)

Cliff Notes Online Study Guides

Spark Notes Online Study Guides

A LITTLE ONLINE MUSIC:

Opera Synopses from The Metropolitan Opera

Opera and Ballet Synopses from Royal Opera House

Public Radio Music Source (PRMS)

Classical Music at WCPE

Classical Music Online

More Classical Music Stations and Broadcasters On-line

Gilbert and Sulivan Archive

Mercora Music Search

Pandora Music

HISTORY SITES:

TSHA's Handbook of Texas

Texas Almanac

Texas Historical Sites Atlas

Hispanic America USA

American History Online

British History Online

British History Timeline

Ancient History Online

Historical Figures Biographies

U.S. History's 100 Milestone Documents

RELIGION SITES:

Audio Bible On-line (NIV)

Bible Dictionaries, Commentaries, Bible Versions Online

Catholic Bible (English and Latin), Encyclopedia, Summa, Fathers Online

Jewish Encyclopedia

The Koran (Qur'an) Online

World Religions and Sacred Texts Archive

POLITICAL PARTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY GROUPS:

Democratic Party

Texas Democratic Party

Republican Party

Libertarian Party

Green Party

Texas Border Coalition

Texas League of Women Voters

League of Conservation Voters

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Amnesty International USA

Anti-Defamation League

Children's Defense Fund

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

Center for Immigration Studies

National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

National Urban League (NUL)

Native American Rights Fund (NARF)

National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)

American Indian Heritage Foundation

National Organization for Women (NOW)

Human Rights Watch

The Carter Center

American Association of Retired People (AARP)

Elder Justice Coalition (EJC)

Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE)

A FEW JUST-FOR-FUN SITES:

TPWD's Passport to Texas Online Radio Programs

TED Talks (intellectual discussion videos--Check them out!)

"NOVA" PBS On-line Programs

"A Prairie Home Companion"-all radio programs

"The Onion"

Orisinal Games

Neat Optical Illusions

1001 On-Line Games

Urban Legends Reference Pages

Crossword Puzzle online

GREAT ONLINE STORES:

Naturally Curious (Catalog Store--Highly Recommend)

BioQuip (Catalog Store)

Eagle Optics (Catalog Store)

B&H Photo (Catalog Store)

Biocontrol Network (Catalog Store)

FRIENDS' WEB SITES WORTH VISITING:

Tony Gallucci's Milkriver Blog

David Sarkozi's Kozi Birding Tours

Ted Eubank's Fermata Inc. Web Site

Greg Lasley's Nature Photography Web Site

Martin Reid's Web Site

Phill and Joanne Kelly's Web Site

Gil Quintanilla's Photos Site

Dave Hanson's Web Site

Kim Davis & Mike Stangeland's Web Site

Dave Czaplak's Web Site

Nelson Dobb's Web Site

Christina Mild's Web Site

Mike Quinn's Web Site

Scarlet Colley's Web Site

Brent Ortego's Web Site

Fernando Cerra's Web Site

Larry Ditto's Web Site

Berry Nall's Website

Richard Moore's Web Site

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