Welcome to the Biology Home page!
Check here for class assignments, for links to fascinating Biology websites, and other neat stuff!
A notable quote:
"I will hazard the prediction that when we look back on the 20th century from, let's say, the 23rd century, our knowledge of biochemistry and of the complexity of life will have advanced to the point that the theory that life could originate without informed intervention will be seen as an area of naivete in 20th-century thinking. The basic concept of abiogenesis originated before we had a sophisticated understanding of the cell. Each new discovery in molecular biology makes the challenge to the theory of abiogenesis more serious. This is not a repeat of the god-of-the-gaps phenomenon; it is the opposite. Two hundred years ago, the action of God was invoked to explain things not otherwise understood. As more information accumulated, it became clear that the problem could be solved by the action of natural law. Today's advances in biochemistry are not reducing the problems for abiogenesis. The more information accumulates on the nature of life, the more it indicates that natural law does not have the answer to the origin of life."
Leonard Brand, Faith, Reason, & Earth History, pp. 108-109
Further study pertaining to origins. On this page I discuss (when I have the time) issues in the origins debate - mostly things I find on the web.
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Links
Animals living without oxygen!
Washington Times: Science, 'frauds' trigger a decline in atheism
Cells Alive Website: Mitosis, The Cell Cycle, etc.
Cells Alive: How Big is a...
Great Video!: The Inner Life of a Cell
Be sure to watch the ABC broadcast on the bottom of the page as well!
Cell Biology Animation: http://www.johnkyrk.com/
This is great!
Plant images and descriptions
USDA - Plants Database
Forestry Images
Cal Photos
Flora of North America
Wildflowers & Weeds
Arizona Native Plant Society
New York Botanical Garden Library
Ethnobotany
Culturally Significant Plants
The Ethnobotany of Culturally Significant Plants
University of Arizona Press This site has a number of useful online books relating to botany and ethnobotany.
Native American Ethnobotony University of Michigan, Dearborn
Birds
How to keep a life list
Bird Audio
Plants
Lewis and Clark Collection
Native Americans in the Sciences
A few plant species represented on H.I.S. campus(Note: The plant identities are not in all cases certain. Any help or corrections will be appreciated! Plant pics below
© 2007 by Trent Logan.)
Sacred Datura
Datura wrightii
Solanaceae (potato) family
Sacred Datura (seed pods)
Datura wrightii
Solanaceae (potato) family
Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot) family
Little Golden Zinnia
Zinnia grandiflora
Asteraceae (sunflower) family
Threadleaf Groundsel
Senecio douglasii
Asteraceae (sunflower) family
Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Asteraceae (sunflower) family
Flaxflowered Ipomopsis
Ipomopsis longiflora
Polemoniaceae (phlox) family
Buckhorn Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Plantaginaceae (plantain) family
Cliffrose
Cowania mexicana
Rosaceae (rose) family
Horehound
Marrubium vulgare
Labiatae (mint) family
Russian Thistle
Salsola kali
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot) family
Silverleaf Nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanaceae (potato) family
Double Claw
Proboscidea parviflora
Pedaliaceae (sesame) family
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