All biology calculators
One collection for the lab, the garden, the farm, and everything in between. Find your next answer below.
π¬ Bio laboratory
- Annealing Temperature Calculator
Estimate a starting annealing temperature for PCR from the melting temperatures of your primer and target.
- Generation Time Calculator
Calculate exponential growth rate and doubling time, or predict a population from a known doubling time.
- Cell Dilution Calculator
Find the stock suspension and diluent volumes required for a target cell concentration.
- Cell Doubling Time Calculator
Calculate exponential growth rate and doubling time, or predict a population from a known doubling time.
- DNA Concentration Calculator
Calculate DNA, RNA, or oligonucleotide concentration from absorbance and optical path length.
- Ligation Calculator
Calculate the insert DNA mass needed for a chosen insert-to-vector molar ratio.
- Log Reduction Calculator
Compare initial and surviving microbial counts using logββ reduction and percentage reduction.
- Protein Concentration Calculator
Use the BeerβLambert law to estimate protein molar and mass concentrations from absorbance.
𧬠Genetics
- Allele Frequency Calculator
Estimate two allele frequencies and carrier prevalence from the frequency of a recessive phenotype.
- Dihybrid Cross Calculator
Predict two-trait offspring genotypes and phenotype probabilities from parental genotypes.
- DNA Copy Number Calculator
Convert nucleic-acid concentration and length into molecule copies, with an optional idealized PCR projection.
- Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Calculator
Calculate expected genotype proportions for a two-allele population and optional expected individual counts.
- Mutation Frequency Calculator
Calculate the observed mutant fraction of a population in several useful scales.
- Punnett Square Calculator
Calculate offspring genotype and phenotype probabilities for a single two-allele trait.
π£ Animal pregnancy
- Cat Pregnancy Calculator
Estimate cat delivery timing from a known breeding date, with the assumptions shown clearly.
- Cow Gestation Calculator
Estimate cow calving timing from a known breeding date, with the assumptions shown clearly.
- Dog Pregnancy Calculator
Estimate dog delivery timing from a known breeding date, with the assumptions shown clearly.
- Goat Gestation Calculator
Estimate goat kidding timing from a known breeding date, with the assumptions shown clearly.
- Swine Gestation Calculator
Estimate pig farrowing timing from a known breeding date, with the assumptions shown clearly.
π Dogs
- Cost of Owning a Dog Calculator
Build a realistic dog-care budget from your own food, veterinary, grooming, and equipment costs.
- Dog Crate Size Calculator
Estimate crate length and height from your dogβs measured size and your chosen clearance.
- Dog Food Calculator
Estimate resting energy, daily calories, and a food portion using weight, life stage, and the food label.
- Dog Size Calculator
Explore a simple puppy-to-adult weight projection from present weight and age.
π Cats
- Cat Age Calculator
Convert between cat years and a familiar approximate human-age scale.
- Cat BMI Calculator
Estimate a feline body-fat index from rib circumference and lower hind-leg length.
- Cat Calorie Calculator
Estimate a catβs resting calories, daily energy allowance, and food portion.
π’ Other animals
- Crickets Chirping Thermometer
Estimate air temperature from the rate of cricket or katydid calls.
- Dry Matter Calculator
Compare nutrient percentages in two pet foods after removing their moisture content.
- Horse Weight Calculator
Estimate adult horse weight and a size-based reference weight using four body measurements.
- Rat Cage Calculator
Calculate enclosure volume and compare it with a chosen per-rat space allowance.
π Livestock
- Animal Mortality Rate Calculator
Reconcile herd counts and calculate period mortality and disease case-fatality percentages.
- Feed Conversion Ratio Calculator
Calculate feed use per unit of live-weight gain, milk, or eggs and estimate production feed cost.
- Grain Bin Calculator
Estimate grain storage volume, US dry bushels, and mass for round or rectangular bins.
- Livestock Fence Cost Calculator
Plan posts, wire, rolls, and a material-and-labor budget for a straight livestock fence.
π± Gardening & crops
- Acres Per Hour Calculator
Estimate working area per hour and time on the field from machine width, travel speed, and pass overlap.
- COβ Grow Room Calculator
Estimate the added gas volume and delivery rate needed for a chosen change in grow-room COβ concentration.
- Compost Calculator
Estimate compost volume, bags, approximate weight, and purchase cost for a garden bed.
- Daily Light Integral Calculator
Convert a steady PPFD and daily lighting duration into daily light integral.
- Fertilizer Calculator
Calculate fertilizer quantity for a selected nutrient target, including accompanying nutrients and bag count.
- Grass Seed Calculator
Estimate seed quantity for rectangular, circular, elliptical, or triangular lawns.
- Mulch Calculator
Estimate mulch volume, bags, approximate weight, and purchase cost for a garden bed.
- Plant Spacing Calculator
Estimate planting density, plant count, and cost for a rectangular bed using common spacing patterns.
- Potting Soil Calculator
Find soil volume for rectangular containers, round pots, and tapered flowerpots.
- Sod Calculator
Estimate turf rolls, purchased coverage, and total cost including a waste allowance.
π³ Trees & forestry
- Basal Area Calculator
Calculate trunk cross-sectional area and stand basal area from one or many tree diameters.
- Tree Age Calculator
Estimate tree age from trunk diameter or circumference and a species growth factor.
- Tree Diameter Calculator
Convert trunk circumferences to diameters, including a multi-stem equivalent and an optional bark correction.
- Tree Height Calculator
Estimate height with signed sighting angles and distance, or by comparing shadows.
π§ͺ Other biology
- Pet Sitter Rates Calculator
Convert between an hourly pet-sitting rate and a total charge for a multi-day booking.
- Protein Molecular Weight Calculator
Calculate average molecular mass for an unmodified linear peptide from its amino-acid sequence.