A Leap for All Life: World’s Leading Scientists Announce Creation of Encyclopedia of Life (a database of all living things)

Press Release: Biodiversity, Science Communities Unite Behind Epic Effort To Promote Biodiversity, Document All 1.8 Million Named Species on Planet

  • WASHINGTON (May 9, 2007) – Many of the world’s leading scientific institutions today announced the launch of the Encyclopedia of Life, an unprecedented global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms of life on Earth. For the first time in the history of the planet, scientists, students, and citizens will have multi-media access to all known living species, even those that have just been discovered.
  • Over the next 10 years, the Encyclopedia of Life will create Internet pages for Continue Reading »