The Biodiversity Heritage Library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. BHL also serves as the foundational literature component of the Encyclopedia of Life.
The Catalogue of Life is a comprehensive and authoritative global index of species with essential information on the names, relationships and distributions of over 1.5 million species.
From USGS, this site offers programs, databases, monitoring information and much more. If you are interested in the ramifications of invasive species, this is a good place to start.
The following link provides information on resources held at the Academy of Natural Sciences Library. Students and faculty are welcome to make use of books and journals at the Academy by visiting and using there only.