These are some (of the many) websites of interest to evolutionary biologists. They are listed in no particular order and we don't endorse any one of them. Let Frank know if you come across other sites of interest to this course.

Talk.Origins Archive: this is a usenet group that discusses the creation / evolution controversy. There are some excellent discussions in here including misconceptions about evolution, the fossil record and human evolution.

National Center for Science Education: a nonprofit, tax-exempt membership organization working to defend the teaching of evolution in classes nationwide.

History of Evolutionary Thought: a site at Berkeley with a nice discussion of the history of evolutionary thought (many details on the major players and their ideas).

Evolvovision: evolution & art from Ray Troll, a pacific northwest artist. Worth checking out.

The Tree of Life: wonderful collection of images and information about phylogeny and biodiversity. You can search for relationships among species.

The Origin of Species: the full text of Darwin's "abstract". Searchable by chapter.

The White Paper on Evolution: A document provided by several scientific societies that outlines the contributions of evolutionary biology to science and society.

Darwinian Evolution Across the Disciplines: Video and slide shows of a symposium exploring philosophical issues in evolutionary biology. Speakers include Richard Lewontin, David Hull, David Sloan Wilson and Randolph Nesse.

Darwin Day at the University of Tennessee: an annual workshop and celebration of Darwin's birthday. The site includes slides, abstracts and workshop material from past events. Also, there is great material on Q&A about evolution and past debates.

Pope John Paul II: Message to Pontifical Academy of Sciences: I've had several requests for this written document. This is my copy of the english-translation. I cannot vouch for its authenticity / proper translation but believe it to be accurate. Please let me know if you find otherwise.