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This post is part of a series on the collection of ornithologist William Brewster (1851-1919) at the Ernst Mayr Library, written by Elizabeth Meyer, library project assistant. In 1890, Wiliam Brewster (age 39) wrote a letter of encouragement to a younger...

When scientists describe a new animal species, they give it a name, according to rules of the ICZN, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Species names can honor a person or the place where the animal lives, or reflect the personality of the...

In early August, I had the privilege of representing the Encyclopedia of Life and the Biodiversity Heritage Library at an exhibitor's booth at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. The theme for the 2012 annual meeting was...

Encyclopedia of Life reaches historic "one million species pages" milestone Free online biodiversity encyclopedia meets key metric with addition of content from Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC - May 9, 2012 - The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL; eol.org)...