▁Earth ▁& ▁Ge ological ▁Sciences ▁is ▁also ▁indexed . ▁ ▁History ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 6 , ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁American ▁B acter i olog ists ▁and ▁the ▁Botan ical ▁Society ▁of ▁America , ▁acknowled ging ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁greater ▁integration ▁of ▁life ▁science ▁information , ▁agreed ▁to ▁merge ▁their ▁two ▁publications , ▁Abstract s ▁of ▁B acter i ology ▁and ▁Botan ical ▁Abstract s , ▁thus ▁creating ▁Bi ological ▁Abstract s . ▁ ▁A ▁not - for - pro fit ▁company ▁was ▁formed ▁to ▁admin ister ▁the ▁publication ▁on ▁a ▁finan cially ▁sound ▁basis . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁the ▁company ' s ▁name ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁Bio S ci ences ▁Information ▁Service ▁of ▁Bi ological ▁Abstract s ▁( BI OS IS ). ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁its ▁indexing ▁and ▁abstract ing ▁service , ▁it ▁published ▁The ▁Zo ological ▁Record ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁purchased ▁by ▁Thom son ▁Scient ific ▁ ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁part ▁of ▁Thom son ▁Re ut ers ▁Science ▁& ▁Health care ▁division . ▁The ▁proceed s ▁from ▁that ▁sale ▁were ▁applied ▁to ▁fund ▁an ▁end ow ment ▁and ▁create ▁a ▁new ▁grant - making ▁foundation . ▁The ▁Board ▁of ▁Direct ors ▁of ▁that ▁foundation ▁selected ▁as ▁the ▁organization ’ s ▁new ▁name : ▁J . R . S . ▁B iod iversity ▁Foundation . ▁This ▁reflected ▁both ▁the ▁historic ▁legacy ▁of ▁the ▁Foundation ▁and