The Encyclopedia of Life Goes Online

Today, the Encyclopedia of Life (www.eol.org) went online. The website is an ambitious project to composes a wiki-like database, edited by experts, with a web-page for every described species of organism on the planet. It was the brainchild of famed biologist E. O. Wilson and some serious cash is being spent on its construction.

At this point it appears that the bulk of the pages are for fish species, but they are going to constantly update, adding new groups of creatures.

So check it out. It's running a bit slow at the moment (probably since it just launched), but I think it looks promising.

Update: Looks like they took the database down to deal with the server issues for the time being.

The Inner Life of the Cell

This is a 2006 animation from Harvard that visualizes many of the molecular processes that occur within the cell. If you haven't seen this yet it is definitely worth a watch.

Can you spot any inaccuracies?

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Bizzare Gecko Behavior

Take a look at this unusual symbiotic relationship. The gecko is fed honeydew by a leafhopper on command.

How do you think a behavior like this evolved? How could this benefit the leafhopper?



Referred by Zooillogix.

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