The Austringer (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
I just heard a talk about the Encyclopedia of Life, a project to put up a page for every named species. They already have something like a million pages up, though many are stubs. Another aspect of their project is to digitize every publication touching upon taxonomy. That reminded me of a draft post I’ve [...]
Deep-Sea News (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Guess who is the Encyclopedia of Life's biodiversity of the week ?? The cuttlefish!! Diver: "awww wookit da purdy wittle squidy!" Cuttlefish: "Who you calling a squid punk? Why you backing off? I thought you might want to "cuttle" a bit... thats what I thought..." Hat tip to Michael Barton, FCD . Read the comments on this post...
Geoff Coupe's Blog (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
The video made for the launch of the Encyclopedia of Life has been nominated for a Webby Award. It's a good piece .
TED Blog (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
The beautiful film that helped launch the Encyclopedia of Life has been nominated for a 2008 Webby Award. Created by Avenue A | Razorfish, the film is just one outcome of E.O. Wilson's 2007 TED Prize wish: to "help create...
The Letter (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008
Encyclopedia of Life portal aims to eventually document all species of life on Earth.
Antonio Gould's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
This is one of the most fascinating posts I’ve read this year so far. It's the story behind The Encyclopedia of Life. It has it all: An ambitious idea way ahead of its time; an eight year story from idea through to conception; a fascinating mix of world-wide collaboration, physical devices (a handheld species identifier if [...]
Prism Webcast News (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
The first 30,000 pages of a massive online Encyclopedia of Life were unveiled today as scientists assemble for the prestigious Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) Conference in Monterey, California. Intended as a tool for scientists and policymakers and a fascinating resource for anyone interested in the living world, the EOL is being developed by [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
WASHINGTON - The concept of a comprehensive encyclopedia of life on the Internet proved too popular. Its computers were overwhelmed and couldn't keep it alive when it debuted Tuesday.
ABC Digital Futures (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
A new collaborative project to document all species of life on Earth has been launched online. 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 [...]
Corpus Callosum (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
There is a new website, Encyclopedia of Life . It is an online resource that aims "to document all species of life on Earth." One featured species is Pissodes strobi (Peck), the White pine weevil. The site currently contains: About 25 exemplar species pages . These pages show the kind of rich environment, with extensive information, to which all the species pages will eventually grow. These pages have...
Law Librarian Blog (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
From the site: "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...
BizMediaScience (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
One of the most fascinating websites I've discovered as of late is The Encyclopedia of Life . The Encyclopedia of Life is the brainchild of Paddy Patterson at Woods Hole, MA. The object is simple; bring the diversity of life on the planet to everyone. Do I need to explain what a gold mine this is to a research fanatic? One of the regions I explore in my free time (LOL!) is the limitations to human...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
When the Encyclopedia of Life went online last month, it crashed almost immediately under a flood of curious visitors. The rocky start proved the popular appeal of the idea: a Web-based encyclopedia with entries for every species on Earth.
English Webster (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
What Jams sez . Bookmark that one .
The Real Paul Jones (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
I promised @arsepoetica that I would repost my twitter entries that included links and the like from Web Wise 2008 this past week. Here goes: Science Buzz community at the Science Museum of Minnesota encyclopedia of life first pages released last week Biodiversity Library MATRIX and H-Net Interconnections - Internet museums and libraries report STEVE == social tagging for art works [...]
