Biogeography Courses and Certifications

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Biogeography and Macroecology

Explore the principles of biogeography and macroecology with Prof. Robin and Prof. Srinivasan, understanding patterns of species distribution and ecological relationships.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GBatNet

Biogeography and Bats - How We Study Their Distribution

Explore how biogeography helps study bat distribution across the planet, the factors shaping their habitats, and tools for understanding connections between bats and their environment.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Jarod Raithel

Biogeography and Global Provincialism in Mammalian Distributions - Lecture 4.3

Explore mammalian biogeography, global distribution patterns, and ecogeographic rules. Examine faunal regions, abiotic and biotic processes shaping distributions, and key ecological concepts.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Biology: Ecology

184 ratings at Coursera

Explore community ecology, island biogeography, species interactions, population estimation, and conservation biology, including habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and biodiversity decline.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

The Evolutionary History of Tuatara and its Extinct Relatives

Explore the fascinating evolution of Tuatara and its extinct relatives, uncovering new insights from a fossil discovery in Wyoming that sheds light on the morphology and history of these ancient reptiles.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Looking for Fossils in Underground Caves - Ice Age Deposits in Western North America

Explore ice age cave deposits across western North America, uncovering mammalian fossils and their significance in understanding biological changes and biogeographic distributions during the last glacial period.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Birds Above the Hobbits’ Heads - Tales from a Small Island Far, Far Away

A paleontologist reconstructs Flores’s vanished island ecosystem through fossil birds, rats, elephants, and hominins.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Late Ice Age Mammals on Vancouver Island

Explore how Ice Age megafauna colonized Vancouver Island and the San Juan Islands, and what fossil evidence reveals about their disappearance.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

University of Mysore;  CEC

Biogeography

Explore how climate, ecosystems, evolution, and human activity shape the global distribution of fungi, plants, animals, and people.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course

Matthew E. Clapham;  UC Santa Cruz

Earth 101 - Invertebrate Paleobiology

An introduction to invertebrate paleobiology through fossil diversity, functional morphology, classification, biogeography, and evolutionary change.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video