Web Resources

Center for In Vivo Microscopy
http://www.civm.duhs.duke.edu/
Amazing images of animals at different stages of development, including those undergoing metamorphoses, from Duke University’s Center for In Vivo Microscopy.

Newt Limb Regeneration
http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/dev/regen2.htm
See a salamander limb regenerate in time-lapse photographs on this developmental biology site maintained by Bill Wasserman of Loyola University.

Cannibalism Can Kill You
http://www.newts.org/~newtsweek/html/cannibalism_can_kill_you.html
Being a cannibalistic tadpole has its risks, as this article from Newtsweek notes.

The Slug Site
http://slugsite.tierranet.com/
Learn about the wonderful world of sea slugs from Michael D. Miller. Don’t miss the Nudibranch of the Week.

Cecropia Moth Life Cycle
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5479/page2.htm
Beautiful photographs and more from Pete Honl.

Books

Coen, Enrico. THE ART OF GENES: HOW ORGANISMS MAKE THEMSELVES. Cambridge UK: Oxford University Press, 1999.

McDiarmid, Roy W. TADPOLES: THE BIOLOGY OF ANURAN LARVAE. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

Petranka, James W. SALAMANDERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.

Shi, Yun-Bo. AMPHIBIAN METAMORPHOSIS: FROM MORPHOLOGY TO MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.

Ulijaszek, Stanley J. THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. Cambridge UK: Oxford University Press, 1998.