The range of life forms associated with Planet Earth is almost endless - billiions of species survive on the planet and interact in complex ways; they co-determine each others future. Discovering and cataloging all species is a task that will take many more years. Species often flourish and then die out. The current rate of species extinction is worrisomely high.
Encyclopedia of Life Map of Life Wallace's century-old map of natural world updated
Researchers aim to assemble the tree of life for all 2 million named species
A Salt-Free Primordial Soup Evolution of life on Earth
Evolution: it's all in how you splice it Beacon Center for the Study of Evolution in Action Evolution to the rescue
Biodiversity conservation across scales - lessons from a science-policy dialogue
Pacific birds ancient extinction estimated at nearly 1000 species
DNA technology set to speed up species discovery
Scientists challenge current theories about natural habitats and species diversity
Biodiversity helps protect Nature against human impact
The Living Planet Report Research reveals contrasting consequences of a warmer Earth
Definition of Speciation Scientists list top 10 new species International Day of Biological Diversity 2012
Relationship between a species' niche and its distribution The biodiversity crises: Worse than climate change
Scientists uncover evidence of impending tipping point for Earth
Biodiversity and global health - hubris, humility and the unknown Biodiversity in a Changing World
Researchers Greatly Improve Evolutionary Tree of Life for Mammals
UNM Researchers Explore Evolution of World’s Mammals Over the Past 100 Million Years
The Midori Prize for biodiversity
Regional:
North American mammal evolution tracks with climate change
Atlas of Living Australia
Impact of climate change on biodiversity and habitats in East Africa
Preserving Nature on Land and Sea WWF LIving Planet Report
Streamlining European biodiversity indicators 2020:
Extremophiles:
Searching for life where the Sun doesn't shine: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Unique microbes found in extreme environment Life on Earth's ceiling
Tardigrades in space The toughest animal on Earth ... and in space!
Hot springs microbe yields record-breaking, heat-tolerant enzyme
Life in the extreme: uranium toxicity response different in nearly genetically identical microorganisms
A hot species for cool structures Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars
Swansong biospheres