Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The Encyclopedia of Life

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This amazing collaborative effort aims to catalogue and describe every known lifeform on Earth. A brainchild proposed by EO Wilson in 1993, the estimated 1.8 million entries are due to be completed by 2017.

To see the encyclopedia - EOL
Write up on EOL by BBC - First look at vast 'book of life

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