News tagged with encyclopedia of life

Encyclopedia of Life reaches historic 'one million species pages' milestone

The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) has surged past one million pages of content with the addition of hundreds of thousands of new images and specimen data from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Encyclopedia of Life expanding at a record pace

The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL, www.eol.org) continues to expand at a record pace with the addition of new content and partners. At the start of 2012, EOL provides data on nearly half of all described species, w ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New paper reveals 100 new species of lichenized fungi

In an unprecedented coming-out party, 100 newly discovered species are revealed to the world in a single scholarly paper coordinated by Field Museum scientists.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Online encyclopedia makes life searchable

(PhysOrg.com) -- One hundred and fifty thousand species down, 1.65 million to go. That is the tally for the online Encyclopedia of Life, an ambitious two-year-old project with the goal of nothing less than documenting in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Online Encyclopedia of Life reaches 150,000 species

The public and scientists have helped create the first 150,000 species pages in the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), the global online project to create a page for each of the 1.8 million known species on the planet.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0