THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is the proposed name for a freely-accessible, online collaborative bio-encyclopedia, written by experts,[1][2] which aims to build an encyclopedia of separate articles for all known species, including video, sound, images, graphics, and text.[3] It will be initially backed by a $50m funding commitment from five major science institutions, led by the MacArthur Foundation.

http://www.eol.org/home.html