Encyclopedia of Life
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7263134.stm
The first 30,000 pages have been unveiled of a vast encyclopedia which aims to catalogue every one of our planet's 1.8 million species.
Welcome to the first release of the Encyclopedia of Life portal. This is the very beginning of our exciting journey to document all species of life on Earth. Has anybody else begun to look at this yet? I can't wait to see how this grows!What is EOL?
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And here's a 5 minute (ish) video intro to what they're doing, and how to use the site:
http://www.eol.org/screencasts
It's great at the moment and will hopefully get better.