Webresource: Tree of Life Web Project

From the LIFE of Florida homepage: http://lifeofflorida.blogspot.com/



The Tree of Life Web Project is a collection of information about
biodiversity compiled collaboratively by hundreds of expert and
amateur contributors.

Its goal is to contain a page with pictures, text, and other
information for every species and for each group of organisms, living
or extinct.Connections between Tree of Life web pages follow
phylogenetic branching patterns between groups of organisms, so
visitors can browse the hierarchy of life and learn about phylogeny
and evolution as well as the characteristics of individual groups.

The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of
biologists from around the world. On more than 5000 World Wide Web
pages, the project provides information about the diversity of
organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history (phylogeny), and
characteristics.

Each page contains information about a particular group of organisms
(e.g., echinoderms, tyrannosaurs, phlox flowers, cephalopods, club
fungi, or the salamanderfish of Western Australia). ToL pages are
linked one to another hierarchically, in the form of the evolutionary
tree of life. Starting with the root of all Life on Earth and moving
out along diverging branches to individual species, the structure of
the ToL project thus illustrates the genetic connections between all
living things.

Visit http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html