EOLv2

Check out EOLv2 with a new look and new features making it easier to use, to personalize, and to interact with fellow enthusiasts worldwide.

One Species at a Time

Explore the diversity of life—five minutes and One Species at a Time. Listen online.

What's in a Year?

Learn more about why 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity and the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth.

Refine your view into the Encyclopedia of Life. See species information by location.

Undergraduates are creating species pages as part of their coursework

...the variety of life on earth, the variation of genes within species,
and a measure of ecosystem health.

In the lab at American University in Washington, DC, evolutionary biologist David Angelini and graduate student Stacey Baker are studying a snazzy...

Coral Podcast

Coral reefs are bustling cities of marine life, until rising ocean temperatures turn them into ghost towns. Can reefs spring back from devastating...

Lichen Photos!

After posting the Lichen Podcast (Xanthoparmelia plittii and Umbilicaria mammulata) we asked listeners to send us photos of lichens. Thanks to all...

We're working on a new tool that will enable anyone to build and share a field guide.

BioBlitz!

Visit the BioBlitz section and find an interactive map of BioBlitzes worldwide,"in your backyard" BioBlitz activities and information about what a BioBlitz is all about.