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What's New?

• 10/13/2010 -
BioSynC Workshop: Integrating ontologies with biodiversity research
How can ontologies contribute to biodiversity studies, and how could ontologies be integrated into EOL? Using the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology as an example, entomologist and technical experts are discussing these questions at a the workshop at North Carolina State University this week.
• 10/12/2010 -
Congratulations to the Winners from our recent Flickr contest "Invaders"

WINNER:
New Attendee at school by (manda)


RUNNER-UP:
Sulphur Knapweed Moth - Agapeta zoegana by Lynette S.


Visit the EOL Images Group on Flickr for more great images!
• 10/07/2010 -
Chamois Podcast
Learn about the Chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra, and hear a story about how people are working to reverse the chamois’ population decline. Listen to the podcast.
• 10/03/2010 -
MAKING OCEAN LIFE COUNT: The Census of Marine Life results are ready for release!
The Census of Marine Life is a ten-year initiative intended to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the world's oceans. The Decade of Discovery is complete and this week the results will be publicly released. Among many other scholarly products including a special collection of papers in the Public Library of Science , our partners at CoML have also provided high quality, up-to-the-minute information for EOL taxon pages on thousands of marine species including the most exciting new discoveries of the Census. Check out the taxon pages for these new marine content partners:
Arctic Ocean Diversity
Deep Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems
Census of Marine Zooplankton
squat lobsters from the Continental Margins Census
Census of Antarctic Marine Life
Gulf of Maine Area Census
Southern Ocean polychaete worms from the Deep Sea Census
Depth range habitat information from the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (nearly 68 000 pages- please be patient)
• 09/28/2010 -
Congratulations to the Winners from our recent Flickr contest "Juveniles"

WINNER: Pirata piraticus (may be preparing for ballooning) by Lynette S.


RUNNER-UP:
Indian flower mantis (Creoboter meleagris) by balharsh


Visit the EOL Images Group on Flickr for more great images!
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