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How do I turn on JavaScript in my web browser?

Browsers that support JavaScript allow you to take advantage of advanced features of this website, such as allowing you to show or hide sections of a web page, depending on how much information you want on screen.

If you have tried viewing a species description, for example, and you receive only the most basic information, you probably have JavaScript turned off in your browser, or your browser doesn't support JavaScript.

If your browser is listed below, it supports JavaScript. If you use one of these browsers but still cannot see JavaScript features, JavaScript may be turned off in your browser.

To find out which browser you are using, try going to Help in the browser menu, then click on About... This will usually tell you which version of which browser you have.

To turn on JavaScript, follow the directions below:

(Apologies to users of Safari, Opera, Konqueror, etc. We do not have these browsers available, and so cannot supply relevant instructions. Feel free to contact us if you are able to supply these instructions, and we will add them to this page!)

Firefox 1.0/1.5
  1. Select Options from the Tools menu.
  2. Click the Content tab (indicated with a little image of the globe).
  3. Check the box next to Enable JavaScript. Click the OK button.
Netscape 7.x (Windows)
  1. Select Preferences from the Edit menu.
  2. Click Advanced on the left side of the dialog box.
  3. Check the box next to Enable Java . Click the OK button.
Netscape 6.x (Windows, Macintosh)
  1. Select Preferences from the Edit menu.
  2. Click Advanced on the left side of the dialog box.
  3. Check the box next to Enable JavaScript for Navigator. Click the OK button.
Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.x (Windows, Macintosh)
  1. Select Preferences from the Edit menu.
  2. Click Advanced on the left side of the dialog box.
  3. Check the box next to Enable JavaScript. Click the OK button.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.x (Windows)
  1. Select Internet Options from the Tools menu.
  2. Click the Security tab.
  3. Click Custom Level in Security Level for this Zone.
  4. Scroll down to Scripting, near the bottom of the list.
  5. Under Active Scripting, choose Enable.
  6. Click OK to leave Security Settings. Click OK to leave Internet Options.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x (Macintosh)
  1. Choose Preferences under the Edit menu.
  2. Click Web Content under Web Browser.
  3. In Active Content, check the box next to Enable scripting.
  4. In Java, click Enable Java. Click OK.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x (Windows)
  1. Select Internet Options from the View menu.
  2. Click the Security tab.
  3. Set the security level for this zone to Custom (for expert users).
  4. Click the Settings button (to the right of Custom ).
  5. Scroll to the bottom of the list and enable Active scripting.
  6. Click the OK button to close the Security Settings window. Click OK to close the Internet Options window.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x (Macintosh)
  1. Click the Preferences icon in the Toolbar.
  2. Click the Web Content icon under Web Browser.
  3. In Active Content, check the box next to Enable scripting. Click the OK button.

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