The home screen of LifeGate shows the full diversity of life at a glance. Users can zoom in at any given area until they reach the species level. Photo: LifeGate
The home screen of LifeGate shows the full diversity of life at a glance. Users can zoom in at any given area until they reach the species level. Photo: LifeGate Researchers from Leipzig published a gigantic digital map displaying the full diversity of life through thousands of photos. The so-called LifeGate encompasses all 2.6 million known species of this planet and shows their relationship to each other. The interactive map can now be accessed free of charge at lifegate.idiv.de. If you want to find out which places are close to Quito, you search on Google Maps. If, on the other hand, you want to find out which animals are taxonomically close to the meerkat, you can search on LifeGate.
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