Encyclopedia of Life: A primer in primary colors

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When biologist E.O. Wilson won the TED Prize in 2007, he wished that we all “work together to help create the key tool that we need to inspire preservation of Earth's biodiversity." With that, the Encyclopedia of Life began the outrageous task of cataloguing all of the Earth's known species.

Cynthia Parr spoke at TED2012 to give updates on the Encyclopedia, which now has well over a million entries -- 1,112,395 to be exact.

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