DNA Biocoding

"The Moorea Biocode Project aims to create the first comprehensive inventory of all non-microbial life in a complex tropical ecosystem."  Read more about it here: http://www.mooreabiocode.org/

"The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) is an online workbench that aids collection, management, analysis, and use of DNA barcodes." More here: http://boldsystems.org/views/login.php

Not to be confused with the Barcode of Life Systems "Using DNA barcoding technology, researchers seek to build a library of short, standardized pieces of DNA from all of Earth's species" More here: http://www.barcodeoflife.org/

"To coordinate these global efforts, an alliance of researchers and biodiversity conservation organizations plan to launch the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) ... The project will bring together 26 countries to broaden and strengthen DNA barcoding research..."  Check it out: http://ibol.org/

Also, more visual inspiration in the form of Massimo Vitali: