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As far as scientists can tell, Earth is like no other place in all the universe. For among the countless stars, moons, asteroids, and other bodies arrayed across the vastness of outer space, only our tiny planet is known to support life. And it does so everywhere: on the slopes of high mountains and on the floors of the oceans, in scorching deserts and at the frigid poles. Life in shapes and sizes ranging from blue whales and redwoods to butterflies and microbes. This array of life is biodiversity. Biodiversity is both a measure of the variety of life and an indicator of the overall health of our planet. To date, scientists have identified and counted about 1.4 million species, only a small fraction of the number of species they think may exist. We invite you to Investigate Biodiversity. Learn about the places where biodiversity is most abundant but also most imperiled.
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