www.eol.org - The Encyclopedia of Life

[nattarbox]

Has anyone been following this project? I apologize if this has been covered already, its hard to determine without the search functionality.

http://www.eol.org

The site seems slow, I imagine they are dealing with a lot of heavy usage since it received some press today.

This would appear to be a project created to make a Wikipedia devoted to cataloging animal species. Imagine what could this do for identifying the multitude of organisms you encounter in a tank or snorkel trip. It also seems to me that reef keeping hobbyists would have a lot to contribute, in the form of observational data, imagery and video.

What is EOL?

Welcome to the first release of the Encyclopedia of Life portal. This is the very beginning of our exciting journey to document all species of life on Earth.

Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Our goals are to:

• Create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike.

• Transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating virtually all known data about every living species.

• Engage a wide audience of schoolchildren, educators, citizen scientists, academics and those who are just curious about Earth's species.

• Increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.

 

[o.c.d.]

Nice one nattarbox that is a very interesting site I appreciate the info, Thank you