Awards and Recognition

Online since 1995, the Animal Diversity Web is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, and classification.

2005

ENC digital dozen site
-Digital Dozen featured site (March 2005), selected by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) as an exemplary web site for science and math educators.

Scout Report for Science and Engineering Selection
- Scout Report for Science & Engineering featured site, premier biweekly collection of Internet sites for researchers, educators, and students in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering.

2003

Scientific American 2003 Sci/Tech Web Awards
- Winner 2003 Scientific American Sci/Tech Web Award

2002

- Featured in Higher Learning Magazine

Detroit Free Press Favorite
- Detroit Free Press Favorite

2001

- Acecpted as 2001-2002 satellite project of International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY)

- Selected for addition to KinderStart.Com, indexed directory for parents and caregivers.

Scientific American Sci/Tech Web Awards 2001
- Winner 2001 Scientific American Sci/Tech Web Award

- Featured site in Lightspan's StudyWeb, as one of the best educational resources on the Web

- Selection for inclusion in ISI Current Web Contents

2000

- Four Star rating by Schoolzone's panel of over 400 expert teachers in recognition of the fact that it is a very good educational site: useful for teaching and learning and easy to navigate.

Scout Report for Science and Engineering Selection
- Scout Report for Science & Engineering featured site, (May 10, 2000), premier biweekly collection of Internet sites for researchers, educators, and students in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering.

- Featured in book "300 Incredible Things To Learn On The Internet" by Robyn Freedman Spizman and Ken Leebow, 2000.

1999

Science magazine logo
Review Sept 1999

Learning Without Limits:
Bigger, Better Biology Lab

Feature article Spring 1999

University of Michigan
Office of Instructional Technology Feature
www.nearctica.com logo
November 1999
Go.com logo

1998

Smithsonian Innovator logoComputerworld Smithsonian Innovator 1998 Discovery channel online logo
BBC Online StudyWeb Award

1997

Popular Science magazine logo
February 1997

1996

Chronicle of Higher Education
October 1996