Encyclopedia of Life

EOL: Encyclopedia of Life

Caption: River Otter (c) Franco Atirador, Used under CC BY-SA license.

The Encyclopedia of Life is an online collaborative encyclopaedia with entries on all kinds of biological entities on Earth. Each entry is composed of one or more pictures as well as written content. Content is provided by a wide variety of contributors but is monitored for accuracy. Images mostly take the form of colour photographs.

License

All content on EOL is licensed under Creative Commons (CC) licenses, but each contributor defines what level of CC licensing is applicable to their content. Specific licensing information can be found adjacent to media or by clicking on desired media. If no reuse information is included then it is understood that there are no reuse restrictions other than providing credit when reusing the image.

Creative Commons Licenses

Searching, Downloading, & Embedding

Searching

Enter keywords in homepage search box.
Filter results to images only by using the filter menu on the left of the results page.
If the search goes directly to an encyclopedia entry rather than a results page, click on "Click here to see other search results" to see the full results page.

Downloading

Click on image to view it full size and find all the accompanying information.
Click "View full-size image."
Right click, select "Save image as".

Embedding

No embedding option.

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