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.

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EOL Field Guides

Explore guides created using the EOL Field Guide tool

Help Build EOL

Graduate and undergraduate biology students are creating species pages as part of their coursework

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Biodiversity is...

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

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Biodiversity Literature

Explore 26 million pages of biodiversity literature online through the Biodiversity Heritage Library portal, which is linked to EOL species pages.

Take BioBlitz Home!

Biodiversity discovery doesn't end at a BioBlitz event! Your backyard and neighborhood park are full of new discoveries! Check out EOL's BioBlitz...

Explore EOL Collections

Collections allow you to organize lists of species, information, media, maps, and sounds - anything of interest to you from the Encyclopedia of Life...

Sea Butterflies Podcast

In the ocean, a drama is playing out between two marine mollusks: sea butterflies--tiny swimming snails the size of a grain of sand (also known as...

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Podcast Categories for Educators

You can view our podcasts organized by Topic and Scientific Skills to quickly identify episodes to use in class.

Field Guides Update

Explore guides created using the EOL Field Guide tool