Biodiversity- information

What makes life different and why? Here are loads of links and much more information.
http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=334

Where life exists and what makes it so where it is?

Life occurs all over the globe. Hot places, cold regions, under the ocean, in desserts and more. Scientists are looking into more of the mysteries of life and how it occurs in so many places.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090402-am-life-tropics.html