Ten Years of Grinding a Sword: Google Earth of Biology (OneZoom)

OneZoom is a one-stop website that explores all life on earth, its evolutionary history, and how many lives are threatened with extinction

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The "leaves" on the tree represent each species and are color coded according to their risk of extinction: green means not threatened, red means threatened, and black means just extinct

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The OneZoom browser is configured to run on a touch screen, and the developers have provided the software for free to museums and zoos and other educational institutions to download and use

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What is unique is that in order to support this charity, every leaf on the tree can be sponsored, allowing anyone to "adopt" a species, thereby enabling OneZoom to continue its mission

The team also integrated the tree with data from the Wikipedia project, revealing the "popularity" of each species based on how often their Wikipedia page is viewed

In the plant world, hemp comes first, followed by cabbage, potatoes and coconut

Now that the tree is complete, the team hopes to create customized "travels" and species experiences in imaginative new ways, such as visiting rainbow-colored animals, medicinal plants, and even species named after celebrities

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Rosindell said: "Through OneZoom, we hope to provide people with a new way to appreciate the evolutionary history and the vast beauty of life on earth
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Dynamic visualisation of million-tip trees: The OneZoom project