just found this up-to-date, interactive version of the Tree of Life > http://lifemap.univ-lyon1.fr/

indeed but would too greedy in screen real estate

Great piece of work! Had lots of fun with it.. Reminds me some Twitter visualizations we did a while ago http://romain.vuillemot.net/publications/visap13-spirograph-... (hopefully Spirographs drawing are fully automated in this case ;)