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This week’s resource is the Encyclopedia of Life.
With the ambitious goal of listing every single living thing on earth, the Encyclopedia of Life is off to a good start. As of this posting, they have 22 exemplar species, which are examples of how complete they hope all other entries will be eventually.
Entries to the website are added and edited wiki style by actual scientists, who have to submit their credentials to register. The purpose is to collect information that is currently in various locations into one place.
Individual species pages show where the species is located on a classification chart, with the ability to view related species or go higher up the classification to genus, family, and on.
Of use to us non-scientists are:
Descriptions - Brief examples are physical, life cycle, behavior, reproduction, diseases.
Ecology and distribution - Including conservation issues and conservation status.
Information on the evolution of the species.
Media - Many photos, videos, and maps.
What relevance the species has - This is different for each type of entry, growing information/toxicity for plants and fungi, other uses for animals.
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