An international team of weighty institutions this week announced that it’s developing the weightiest encyclopedia of biology yet. The free, multilanguage, Web-based guide will cover the 1.8 million living species known, plus new discoveries, say researchers from the Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University, the Field Museum in Chicago, and other organizations.
MEET HAIRY. A prototype page for the Encyclopedia of Life enables viewers to browse information about the recently discovered Yeti crab.
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