Encyclopedia of Life

"Knowledge of all biodiversity is scattered all around the world in databases and drawers and people's heads," director Bob Corrigan said. "If it flies, crawls, grows, spores, if it is life, we want the Encyclopedia of Life to bring it all together." The Encyclopedia of Life is less than 5 years old but is approaching 1 million species pages that include everything from the names of animals to information about their habitats to reproduction habits.