iSpecies.org - a species search engine

[phantom power]

http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/%7Erpage/ispecies/

Whoa…now this is a phenomenal tool. iSpecies is a simple, minimalist page ala Google, with a single text entry box. Type in any taxon name, hit enter, and it comes back at you with genomics data, images, and documents on the organism(s). It's a species search engine!
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/01/ispecies.php

[Dead_Parrot]

1. LOL...

Do a search on "felis" and look at the photos... :)

[greyl]

2. Haha, the engine appears to be a little flawed.

As opposed to that flawless orange blouse.

[phantom power]

3. whoa, what's that mutation on the far-right?

[blindpig]

4. Cool, but not ready for prime time.

Sometimes it could find the English name but not the Latin. LBJ's(little brown jobs) it couldn't find, more photogenic species it could. I asked for Claudius(a monotypic genus of turtles from Cenrtal America) and got busts of the Roman emperor! I'm sure it will get better, by and by. Anything associated with EO Wilson is OK by me.