The Wildlife Professional

For the Kids. NBII Kids is a new children’s section hosted by “Zot the Frog” and featuring games, stories, puzzles, and projects designed to teach children about wildlife and the environment.

Natural Images. Users can access NBII LIFE, a growing collection of more than 11,000 photographs about nature and the environment available at no charge for non-commercial use by individuals and organizations.

Regional Rundown. On a map of the United States divided into 11 regions, users can click on an area to learn about region-specific projects and biodiversity content as well as to access the home pages of regional “nodes,” such as the NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN) and the NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node (MPIN).

“People Are Asking.” This Q&A section presents users’ questions about biodiversity and about the NBII with answers provided by NBII staff.

In the Stacks. The “NBII Publications Library” provides links to documents and publications such as the e-journal Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy (a scholarly journal sponsored by the NBII), Access (the NBII newsletter), and fact sheets on regional and thematic nodes as well as NBII projects.

The NBII was established to provide swift access to diverse, high-quality biological databases, information, and analytical tools. Recent enhancements to the NBII site are helping to advance that goal. Yet because the NBII remains a work in progress, wildlife professionals and others who use the site can provide valuable feedback on how it might further evolve to serve the ultimate goal: to increase our understanding of Earth’s biodiversity and the threats to its survival.