: Without a centralized archive, the unique "biodiversity" of early internet culture would be extinct. Technical Challenges of Natural Archiving

: The 1990s web was a "virgin forest" of personal homepages and Geocities sites.

: This tool acts as the primary archive for this digital wilderness.

: Digital archives now store the DNA sequences of thousands of tree species found in virgin forests.

Whether archiving data about a real forest or the "wild" internet, several hurdles exist:

: Projects like the Rainforest Connection use old cell phones to create a live "internet archive" of forest sounds.