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Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.

The Internet is part of this ongoing, species-long project we've been working on since we climbed down out of the trees in the savanna. We've been working on it without really knowing it.

When I was in the seventh grade I did a report about the environment and the loss of species. It was supposed to be only a few pages, but ended up being nearly 50.

I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it.

Can life be defined? Well, how would you go about it? Well, of course, you'd go to Encyclopedia Britannica and open at L. No, of course you don't do that; you put it somewhere in Google. And then you might get something.

One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.

It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere.

Cincinnati has one of the most diverse animal collections in the world, with more than 500 species represented. They also have a really good insect exhibit.

My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.

I go on Wikipedia and alter pages of animals with fake facts that I've made up about those animals.