World Wildlife Fund Launches Wildfinder, World's Most Powerful Wildlife Search Engine
Posted on: Thursday, 14 July 2005, 12:00 CDT
WASHINGTON, July 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In time for the busy summer travel season, World Wildlife Fund introduces Wildfinder, the world's most powerful Web search engine for finding the places where wildlife live. Just as people turn to the Web for travel maps and booking flights, they can now look up wildlife. Wildfinder has more than 26,000 species worldwide and is free to use. It brings the world's birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians to students, educators, travelers, birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts alike. Wildfinder can be reached at http://www.worldwildlife.org/ wildfinder.
"Whether you're looking in your backyard or in the most remote part of a tropical rainforest, Wildfinder is the easiest way to find wildlife on the Web," said Dr. Taylor Ricketts, director of science for World Wildlife Fund. "With a few clicks of the mouse to find the animals in the region containing your city, zip code, or favorite national park. The same is true to find out where animals like giant pandas live. Wildfinder is worldwide so your search is almost limitless."
Wildfinder allows users to search for wildlife two ways b by location or by individual animal. To search by location, just point to any spot on a map and get a complete listing of the animals in that area. You can also enter a zip code or a city name and Wildfinder will list all the animals that live there. A search in the Everglades, for instance, returns 312 species including bald eagles, American crocodiles, and the Florida panther.
You can also search by species, and Wildfinder will create a map showing where the animal lives that can be saved to your computer for future reference or to take on a trip. Wildfinder shows that giant pandas, for instance, live in the Qin Ling and Hengduan Mountains of China along with four other locations. The Web site even includes links to photographs and other helpful information.
"We created Wildfinder with all kinds of people in mind," continued Ricketts. "Students can use it for papers, travelers can get a species list for the places they'll visit and nature lovers can learn about the animals in their backyard. Wildfinder is also a treasure trove for scientists, giving them instant access to information on species locations that has never been compiled in one place before. After more than six years of effort, we're delighted we can make it available to everyone."
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Known in the United States as World Wildlife Fund and recognized worldwide by its panda logo, WWF leads international efforts to protect endangered species and their habitats and to conserve the diversity of life on Earth. Now in its fifth decade, WWF, the global conservation organization, works in more than 100 countries around the world.
This news release and associated material can be found on http:// www.worldwildlife.org
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