Tree of Life Project Features

These pages describe some of the special features we are developing to improve the usability of the ToL for diverse audiences.

• Setting Preferences
  Set your own preferences to determine what ToL pages look like and what kinds of content is displayed.
  • Customizing the ToL
    Some background and explanations about the ToL customization system.
• Forums
  Several visitor and contributor forums are currently under development.
  • Relationships Forums
  • Teacher Exchange
  • Open Forums
  • Visitor Recommendations
• ToL Glossary
  The ToL provides a glossary of terms, which can be activated to provide pop-definitions of words on ToL pages.
• Images, Movies, etc.
  This page is a good starting point for the exploration of the ToL media collection.
• Webservices
  Here you can download the entire structure of the ToL tree or the structure of a particular branch. This feature is for technically skilled people who want to use the phylogenetic tree structure in their own projects.
• Links
  There are many great web sites providing information that is complementary to the content of the ToL.
  • Biodiversity
  • Natural History & Images
  • Evolution & Earth History
  • Bioscience Education
  • Databases etc.