Biodiversity
What is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity is the rich variety of life on Earth. There's variety in genes, variety among species, and a variety of ecosystems. Everything is interconnected, or dependent on everything else!
Explore this family tree of living things on Earth.
Travel around the world with museum scientists: from Madagascar to Indonesia.
Did you know that biodiversity provides us with things that we need?
Find out what lives in the deep sea, coral reef, and continental shelf?
Join scientist George Amato on his quest to stop criminals smuggling illegal goods.
Learn how to create a scientific illustration of a monarch butterfly in a few easy steps!
Play this game to find out how a law protects animals and plants.
Make your own bird feeder and record your observations in a bird journal.
How far have your groceries traveled? Find out!
Why are many animal and plant species dying out forever?
Find out how biodiversity depends on you.
Check out these fascinating fish from Africa's lower Congo River.
The ocean's one diverse place. Take the surfboard challenge, and ride the waves of biodiversity!
Start a field journal, and track how your favorite critter looks and behaves.
Take a virtual stroll through a city park for a close-up look at some hidden inhabitants.
Send a note to a friend with these colorful letterheads.
Find out where Rob, Emily, Logan, and Seth have followed their born curiosity.
Explore how Eleanor, Ismael, Keally, and Marco are protecting the world's animals and plants.
Watch these videos to explore Felicity's work as a conservation biologist.
Find out why Alice in Wonderland is Mandë's favorite poison story.
Why does Mark want to study bright red mushrooms? Find out!
Can poisons be used for good? Yes, and Robert will tell you why.
Take a world-wide tour of biodiversity with three scientists.
Find out about Taiwan's fascinating fluttering insects.
Invent a story about an endangered species. Then draw and write about it!
Play the Web of Life game to discover how all the players in an ecosystem depend on each other to survive. As you play, you'll come up with the connections between different species and their environments.
Play this game to explore the animals and plants in an African rain forest.
Test your knowledge about the variety of life on Earth with this quiz.
Will it kill you or cure you? Test your knowledge with this quiz.
It's the differences in this world that make all the difference!
Can you tell, just by looking at it, if a pygmy loris is a rodent, a primate, or a raccoon's relative? Put your knowledge of Vietnam's animals to the test.