AP is running a story that the Integrated Taxonomic Information System-Species 2000 Catalog of Life has reached 1,009,000 extant species and expects to reach 1.75 million by 2011. Along with the Tree of Life project, the Catalog of Life offers plenty of information for the budding systematist.
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I've just come across a wonderful concept thanks to Grist. I have no idea if it will work, but it seems worth trying: Run by the Natural Resources Defense Council, National Wildlife Federation, and the Ecology Center, Catalog
Trade publications; such as catalogs, technical bulletins, and web sites; are a valuable source of information for students in biotechnology-related courses.
The environmental consequences of shopping catalogs have
been well
documented. For example, over eight million tons of trees are
consumed each year in the production of paper catalogs.
Now there is a website where you can go to opt out of them:
Because everyone is doing
The Creationists will be happy that fossil-only species are excluded but upset that the Catalog is not organized by Kinds and Baramins.