See wide-ranging information on Minnesota natural resources, agriculture, horticulture and more.

The Raptor Center is offering many public programs in the coming months on bald eagles. Free, informal tours of the Center are offered most weekends throughout the year. The Raptor Center, part of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Uof M, is an internationally renowed education facility.

ActionBioscience is a non-commercial, educational web site created to promote bioscience literacy. There are peer reveiwed articles and links covering six different topic areas. The Educator Resources section has lesson plans and teaching strategies for middle school through high school grades. Site is also available in Spanish.

The 2012 winners of the AAAS Science Journalism awards have been announced. One of the winning articles was published in the June issue of the New York Times. Did you know you can access the full text of this and other New York Times articles through the Hennepin County Library Database, General Reference Center Gold?

The National Science Digital Library is an online library collection for science, technology, engineering and math education (STEM). A great resource for teachers and learners.

Ocean Tracks follows selected marine animals, mostly sharks and tunas, tagged by scientists of the National Science Agency of Australia. See the tracks and learn how scientists are using the data to understand where and when fish travel.

Hawk Ridge Bird Observatiory in Duluth MN is one of the premier locations in North America to witness the fall migration of raptors. If you can't get there in person, visit their website to learn more about raptor research, migration and bird banding in Minnesota.

The Butterflies of North America website has identification tools, sightings, distibution maps and a breathtaking image gallery.
You may also download a checklist of species in specific geographic areas and submit your sightings and photos to the website.

Take a virtual tour of the geologic heritage the nation's most popular national parks courtesy of the U.S. Geologic Survey. 3D and photographic tours featuring park geology and natural history can be found on the education page of the USGS website.

Learn about particle astrophysics on your summer vacation. Daily tours of the Soudan Underground Physics Lab have resumed for 2012. The University of Minnesota website offers visitor information and a virtual tour if you prefer to explore the lab from above ground.

On June 5, 2012, the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics will provide public talks and safe viewing of the planet Venus crossing the path of the sun. Not to be missed! The next time this will occur will be in 2117.

The Wildlife Rehab Center of Minnesota has a tip sheet and FAQ list on what to do when you find young wildlife, such as an orphaned  bunny or a baby bird that has fallen out of a nest. You can also find a link to the center on the Animal subtopic page of the Science Subject Guide.

The Digitization Project of the Einstein Archives, to be completed in 2012, has 2000 images of documents written by Einstein and a searchable database of over 80,000 records of documents.

View historic photos of plant communities and natural environments in the United States from 1891-1936. From the American Memory project of the Library of Congress.

EarthSky22 is a weekly science and music podcast on topics ranging from robots to dark matter. Created by the Earthsky broadcasting network.