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Encyclopedia of Life

Collaborative project intended to create an encyclopedia documenting all living species known to science.

Free, with trade-offs
the web

Overview

Encyclopedia of Life is an online encyclopedia, available on the web.

Features described in Wikidata: collaboratively written content.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Collaborative project intended to create an encyclopedia documenting all living species known to science” — Wikidata, 10 November 2026
“Collaborative project intended to create an encyclopedia documenting all living species known to science” — Wikidata, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Encyclopedia of Life is free, with trade-offs (account, ads, data or attribution) detailed below.

Its licence could not be established at the source: check the terms on the official website.

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Wikidata (platforms) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from LicitPro manual check (free status, commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Facts manually checked on 9 November 2026
Description from Wikidata — Wikidata (CC0)

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