The Encyclopedia of Life is a global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants and other life forms on Earth In Plants, Video / 5 October 2010 Related posts: Too valuable to lose: Extinct relative reveals rarity of last two remaining monk seal species Carabidae in the colony, seven new beetles that bunk with ants: Q&A with Terry Erwin Sugar is key ingredient to evolutionary success of ants, researchers find Whole-genome analysis at center of effort to save Tasmanian devil Tags: biodiversity, conservation, endangered species, insects, National Museum of Natural History