BIOL 102 -- General Biology -- Gago / Kretzmann

These websites have been vetted for appropriate authority, objectivity, and currency, and may provide good starting points for your research.

FOR INFO. ABOUT CALIFORNIA FLORA (a.k.a. the Chaparral Lab)...

• Jepson eFlora
  This site is maintained by the University of California at Berkeley (per the site's copyright notice), and entries are submitted/reviewed by staffers, faculty, and graduate students at UC Berkeley's University Herbarium (established in 1895) and Jepson Herbarium (established 1950).
• Calflora
  This site is maintained by the Calflora Database organization, with a published mission and staff.
• Calscape
  This site is maintained by the non-profit California Native Plant Society. You can learn more about its mission, leadership, and staff. 

FOR INFO. ABOUT WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EFFORTS (a.k.a. the Zoo Lab)...

• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  This site, per its copyright notice, is published and maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). You can read more about the organization here, to learn that it's been around for more than 70 years, and has named leadership with relevant expertise in bio-conservation efforts.
• Los Angeles Zoo - Home page
  The copyright notice for this site gives publishing credit to the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA). This page provides information about the Zoo itself, and this page describes GLAZA. Double-checking these pages for the history, mission, and leadership of the organizations, we can be assured of their credibility.
• Animal Diversity Web
  This site is maintained by the Regents of the University of Michigan (per its copyright notice). Its content is contributed by students of biology at many respected universities around the country, and the site is editorially reviewed by staffers at the U of M's Museum of Zoology. On the site's "About" page, you can verify its background and stated purpose.