In the 2012 President's Budget Request, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is terminated. As a result, all resources, databases, tools, and applications within this web site will be removed on January 15, 2012. For more information, please refer to the NBII Program Termination page.
With widespread Web access, more images of plants and animals are available than ever before. Still, finding reliable sources of images of organisms with credible identifications can be challenging. This page highlights reliable sources for correctly identified organisms such as photo libraries and image collections from federal agencies and academic institutions. For additional image galleries, browse the NBII catalog for animals and plant image galleries at the bottom of this page.
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Image Resources | Federal
U.S. Department of Agriculture On Line Photography Center This collection of photographs features images related to USDA activities including firefighting, agriculture, animals, conservation, aquaculture, forestry, and many more topics.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Photo Library This photo library contains photographs of invertebrates, fish, birds, butterflies, streams/rivers, lakes, and water recreation related to biological indicators of watershed health.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Digital Library The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video and that are in the public domain.
U.S. Forest Service "Find-a-photo" Find-a-Photo provides access to thousands of wildlife, fish, wildflower and environmental education photographs provided by Forest Service employees, Forest Service partners, and volunteers.
U.S. Geological Survey Photo and Image Collections This Web page features a comprehensive list of USGS photo and image collections including biology, ecosystems, water, national parks, and other topics.
U.S. National Park Service Digital Image Archives This site provides links to public domain digital images of many U.S. NPS sites including national parks, monuments, historic sites, and related areas.
CalPhotos CalPhotos features over 150,000 digital images of organisms from categories such as plants, animals, fungi, landscapes, and more.
ForestryImages.org ForestryImages.org is a source for images of forest pests, trees, plants and stand types, wildlife, and other forestry related images. It is a collaboration between the University of Georgia and the USDA Forest Service.
Image Resources | Morphology and Comparative Anatomy
Digimorph.org The Digital Morphology library features high resolution X-ray computer tomography (CT) images of organisms including invertebrates, sharks and fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, and dinosaurs.
Morphbank.net Morphbank is a database of images used for research and education. Images are used for research in comparative anatomy, morphological and taxonomic studies, and for general knowledge.
The NBII Program is administered by the Biological Informatics Program of the U.S. Geological Survey