My Cool Links

 

 

Herpetology Links

The Asian Turtle Crisis (really sobering news)

Chelonian Research Foundation

Urban Turtle Ecology Research Project (Indianapolis)

Turtle Evolution Website

Center for Reptile and Amphibian Conservation and Management (IPFW)

NAAMP in Indiana

Declining Amphibians Project Task Force

Amphibia Web

Michigan Frogs and Toads (w/calls)

Kentucky Frogs and Toads (w/calls)

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory - Herpetology Lab

HerpDigest -- Weekly news concerning reptile and amphibian science and conservation

EMYSystem - information database on turtles

 

 

Here are links for people interested in conservation:

Asherwood Environmental Science Center (Wabash, IN)

Wildcat Guardians (a North-Central Indiana conservation association)

The Tree of Life, a biodiversity catalog project

EPA and Bird Conservation

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Kentucky Department of Natural Resources

 

Other Biology-Related Web Resources

Developmental Physiology Website

Union of Concerned Scientists

Science.Komm: Life Science and Medical Directory

The WWW Virtual Library of Cell Biology

Major Biomes of the World

Human Genome Resources

BioNetbook

EcoPort

National Museum of Natural History Entomology Database Library

 

Health Science Research Links

Public Health Infolinks

Influenza Bibliography

Integrated Medical Curriculum

Harvard World Health News

 

These are links to various professional societies to which I belong:
 

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

The Herpetologists' League

Indiana Academy of Science

Indiana College Biology Teachers' Association

Sigma Xi

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists


 

Useful Links for Science Stuff and Research

Interactive Statistical Pages

Language Translation

Conversion Factors

Internet Hoaxes and Urban Legends (for screening email hoaxes)

 

Links to my college days:

Miami University, where I went to graduate school

The Department of Zoology Homepage


Kalamazoo College, where I went to undergrad

The Department of Biology Homepage

The Department of Religion Homepage (my second BA major that I never did anything with)


Colleagues:

Mike Angilletta (Indiana State)

Brian Bagatto (Univ. of Akron)

Bob Brodman (St. Joseph College, IN)

Ron Brooks (U Guelph)

Warren Burggren (U North Texas)

Dennis Claussen (Miami University)

Ed Dzialowski (U North Texas)

Jason Irwin (Central Washington U)

Jim McLister (Indiana U. South Bend)

Gary Packard (Colorado State)

Travis Ryan (Butler U)

Steve Secor (U Alabama)

Paul Sotherland (Kalamazoo College)

Tony Steyermark (U St. Thomas)

Mark Sugalski (Southern Polytechnic State U)

Sean Walker (California State U., Fullerton)

Albert Williams (Manchester College)

 

Some family links: 

The Riley Guide, the original source for finding jobs on the internet, created and maintained by my sister, Margaret F. Dikel (sister #4 of 5)

Funkatron.com--the website for techno artist Cult of Jester (a.k.a., my little brother Ed--brother #3 of 3)

The homepage of my sister Elizabeth Finkler (sister #1 of 5)

My children Matthew and Anna

 

I just think these are hilarious:

Strong Bad

Bert is Evil

Car Talk

The Onion

Bush or Chimp

Mullets Galore

Something Awful

Spam Haiku    (what is a Haiku?  click here)

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

The Church of the Subgenius

 

Supremely Cool Tunes:

Chris Duarte

Deep Banana Blackout

Ween

John Scofield

Medeski, Martin and Wood

Phish

The Late Michael Hedges

Butthole Surfers (songs of my youth)

Fishbone

Willy Wisely

The Polyphonic Spree

Pink Floyd

 

Personal Links

IUK Library

IUPUI Library Databases

IUPUI Library Journals

IUB Library

PBZ (UCP52478870)

Science Citation Index