The Catalogue of Life continues its mission in building the most comprehensive and authoritative list of all known species on Earth. This should serve as an essential foundation for biodiversity research, conservation, and policy. With contributions from hundreds of taxonomic experts worldwide, the Catalogue of Life 2025 includes over 2.2 million extant species. While gaps remain in some groups, this year the total number of names in the Catalogue has grown by 2%, with 48,766 newly accepted s...| COL
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Monthly release March 2025 of the Catalogue of Life| COL
Monthly release May 2025 of the Catalogue of Life| COL
Permanent identifier: https://doi.org/10.48580/dgplc Catalogue of Life (COL) is an assembly of expert-based global species checklists with the aim to build a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth. As a global consortium, we aim to address the needs of researchers, policy-makers, environmental managers and the wider public for a consistent and up-to-date listing of all the world’s known species. We are happy to announce that we have just published the Catalogue o...| COL
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A new vision for ‘liberating’ data from biodiversity publications| COL
Monthly release February 2025 of the Catalogue of Life| COL
Monthly release January 2025 of the Catalogue of Life| COL
Monthly release December 2024 of the Catalogue of Life| COL