54 Biology
Biology (BIO)
Animal Behaviour Series
Adam Oliver Brown (University of Ottawa)
2022
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
This is a 10-part series of documentary-style episodes on Animal Behaviour. These video episodes are meant to accompany the instruction of undergraduate biology courses in zoology.
Format: videos
Suggested for:
BIO 3176 Animal Behaviour
Applied Ecology
Erin McKenney (North Carolina State University)
2023
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This book is formatted to provide information about key ecological principles, concepts, and processes, explored and applied across various contexts. The text can be used as a foundational or supplementary text for ecology courses, or as a standalone reference for students in formal academic settings or beyond.
Format: Pressbook webbook
Includes: glossary, ressources for educators
Suggested for:
BIO 2129 Ecology
Biology for Majors I∗
Lumen Learning
2017
Licence: CC BY 4.0
This text created through Lumen Learning to provide an expansive overview of introductory biology for science students. The broad and specific approaches provide academic freedom for instructors and provide the necessary information for students.
Format: Online
Includes: Applications, instructor resources, exercises, assignments, and solutions
Suggested for:
BIO 1109 Principles of Biology
BIO 1130 Introduction to Organismal Biology [modules 12-13]
BIO 1140 Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology [modules 1-11]
Biology for Majors II∗
Lumen Learning
2017
Licence: CC BY 4.0
This text created through Lumen Learning to provide an expansive overview of introductory biology for science students. The broad and specific approaches provide academic freedom for instructors and provide the necessary information for students.
Format: Online
Includes: Applications, instructor resources, exercises, assignments, and solutions
Suggested for:
BIO 1109 Principles of Biology [modules 1-12 and 25-26]
BIO 1130 Introduction to Organismal Biology [modules 3 and 25-26]
Biology 2e∗
Mary Ann Clark (Texas Wesleyan University), Jung Choi (Georgia Institute of Technology), and Matthew Douglas (Grand Rapids Community College) (OpenStax)
2018
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Biology 2e is an OpenStax biology textbook with all of the concepts covered in two terms of first-year biology. It was written by biology professors from several American institutions and is faculty-reviewed.
Formats: Online and PDF
Includes: Instructor resources, slides, simulations, applications, summaries, exercises, and solutions
Reviews: Open Textbook Library – BCcampus
Suggested for:
BIO 1130 Introduction to Organismal Biology [chapters 18-20 and 44-47]
BIO 1140 Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology [chapters 1-3]
Biology 351 Anatomical Illustrations∗
Corrina Most, Katherine Tran, Olivia Seweryn, and Graham Hagan (Iowa State University)
2021
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
These anatomical illustrations were created by Biological and Pre-Medical Illustration (BPMI) students that had previously attended the