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Global access to knowledge about life on Earth. Convergent Lady Beetle. Cliff Chipmunk. Ostrich fern. Decim Periodical Cicada. Greater Blue-ringed Octopus. Nostoc linckia. Diaptomus castaneti Burckhardt 1920. Christmas tree worm.
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The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an international effort, led by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, to raise awareness and understanding of living nature by providing free, open, multilingual, digital access to trusted information on all known species.
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The Encyclopedia of Life ( EOL) is a free, online encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million living species known to science. It aggregates content to form "page"s for every known species. Content is compiled from existing trusted databases which are curated by experts and it calls on the assistance of non-experts throughout the ...
Sep 6, 2011 · “EOL.org Version 2 will effect an extraordinary expansion of the Encyclopedia of Life, opening its vast and growing storehouse of knowledge to a much larger range of users, including medicine, biotechnology, ecology and now increasingly the general public,” says E.O. Wilson. Watch E.O. Wilson’s TED Prize talk >> Explore the Encyclopedia of Life >>