How will scientists use EOL?
In a myriad of ways. Many kinds of scientists will use EOL to find the currently recognized scientific names of the species they are studying. Ecologists will use EOL to help understand interactions of the species in an ecosystem. Taxonomists will use EOL as a resource for describing new species. Molecular biologists studying aging are already starting to enter data about longevity into EOL, so that they can use it to find animals that have longer or shorter life spans than their sister species. In fact, the authenticated nature of data in EOL means that potential uses for EOL are only limited by the imaginations of its users.
