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EvolveIT. This virtual lab is designed to help you understand the various processes of evolution. You manipulate various parameters of the species–such as variability, heritability, and beak size–and parameters of the environment–such as precipitation and island size. You can then observe the effect of these parameters on the evolution of bird beak morphology in two hypothetical bird populations.
Macroevolution. A discussion of evolutionary change that occurs at or above the level of species, including both speciation and the change of a species over time into another species.
The Extinction Files. This BBC education site is a comprehensive look at extinction: major and minor extinctions and when they occurred; species that have become extinct; major theories of extinction.
EndangeredSpecie.com is dedicated to providing all the best endangered species information, links, photos, endangered species books, and everything else regarding rare and endangered species, conservation efforts, and endangered species organizations dedicated to saving and preserving the world’s most endangered wildlife and plant life.
Bigger Not Always Better. Review of paleontologist David Jablonski’s article in the January 1997 issue of Nature, which reports the results of his studies of mollusk size and concludes that Cope’s rule is not valid.
