LibGuides: Biology: Images & Video

Images

Bioimages
Plants and animals, many images may be shared under Creative Commons license for non-commercial use, with attribution.
Dolphin Embryo Microscope Slides
Scanned images of histological sections, with many sections per single embryo.
Global Plants
Community-contributed database in JSTOR of more than two million high resolution plant type specimen images and other foundational materials from the collections of hundreds of herbaria around the world.
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Forestry Image Collection
5,000+ photos dating back to the early 20th century. Images portray trees, cultivation, care, and the effects of human activity on forest ecosystems.
Visible Human Project
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Online videos are easily discovered in OBIS - click on the Videos/DVD tab and look for the online videos search box.

Birds of the World
Life histories of birds worldwide. Accompanied by sounds, images, and video, and distributional maps and model output generated by eBird.
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Birds of North America (BNA) and Handbook of Birds of the World Alive (HBW Alive) combined in March 2020 with two other publications to create a single, much-expanded product called Birds of the World. More: http://obis.oberlin.edu/record=b7870070~S4

Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Digital Animal Sounds This link opens in a new window
Bird sounds are a particular strength of this database.

JoVE Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Journal of Visualized Experiments: this video collection demonstrates how to execute basic techniques commonly used in cellular and molecular biology.
note: Oberlin users can access only the Science Education section of JoVE.
JoVE Science Education
Journal of Visual Experimentation: Peer-reviewed videos demonstrating scientific experiments from laboratories at top research institutions.
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Teaches scientific fundamentals with easy-to-understand video demonstrations.