Finding Species is a nonprofit organization that focuses on using images to communicate information about biodiversity, especially among researchers, conservationists, and the general public. Their photographers, working with scientists, create scientifically accurate, and beautiful, images of threatened species – both in the lab and in the field. These images illustrate print and Web guides, exhibits, and conservation campaigns.
Guyra Paraguay is a non-profit organization in Paraguay. Its mission is to help institute and coordinate local conservation activities, public policies, and research for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, with an emphasis in birds.
The Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) is a forum to foster collaboration and coordination among countries of the Americas in the collection, sharing, and use of biodiversity information relevant to natural resources management and conservation, and to education.
The Gap Analysis Program
The Smithsonian's Department of Botany, in the National Museum of Natural History, is digitizing its vast collection of slides of plants from around the world, some specific collections of which are or will be featured here.
There are many beautiful grasslands, meadows, and prairies in the United States. This collection mostly features images from the central U.S. grasslands, beginning with an image collection of the animals of Oklahoma.
The U.S. Geological Survey conducts environmental research at multiple science centers across the nation. Here are some images of this organization's diversity of work, including training, conducting workshops and participation in scientific conferences.