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Encyclopedia of Life Launches #

February 27th, 2008 | In Worth Knowing 

E. O. Wilson’s dream, as announced at TED a few years ago, is similar to a Wikipedia of animals. Though I don’t know or care much about zoology, it’s neat to see this thing go online — even if they seem rather unprepared for the volume of traffic they’re getting. As it explains itself:

EOL is an unprecedented global effort and we want you to be a part of it. Natural history museums, botanical gardens, other research institutions, and dedicated individuals are working to create the most complete biodiversity database on the Web, but without your help it cannot be done.