<nav class="breadcrumbs">
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#">Animalia</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Chordata</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Mammalia</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Cetacea</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Delphinidae</a></li>
    <li><em><a href="#">Lagenorhynchus</a></em></li>
    <li><em><span class="current">L. obliquidens</span></em></li>
  </ul>
</nav>

<article>
  <a href="https://github.com/komputerwiz/css3-breadcrumbs">See on GitHub</a>
</article>

.breadcrumbs {
  display: inline-block;
  border: 1px solid #999;
  font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  
  -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
     -moz-border-radius: 4px;
      -ms-border-radius: 4px;
       -o-border-radius: 4px;
  
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
     -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
      -ms-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
       -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
          box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);

  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:    -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:     -ms-linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:      -o-linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:         linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
}

.breadcrumbs:after {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  height: 0;
  clear: both;
  visibility: hidden;
}

.breadcrumbs ul {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.breadcrumbs ul li {
  list-style: none;
  float: left;
}

.breadcrumbs ul li:first-child a, .breadcrumbs ul li:first-child span {
  padding-left: 1em;
  -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 4px;
      -moz-border-radius-topleft: 4px;
          border-top-left-radius: 4px;
  
  -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
  		-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 4px;
  				border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
}

.breadcrumbs a, .breadcrumbs span {
  color: #444;
  display: block;
  float: left;
  position: relative;
  line-height: 2em;
  padding: 0 1em 0 1.5em;
  text-decoration: none;
  
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:    -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:     -ms-linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:      -o-linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:         linear-gradient(top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
}

.breadcrumbs a:after, .breadcrumbs span:after {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  z-index: 1;
  height: 2em;
  width: 2em;
  border-right: 2px solid #999;
  border-top: 2px solid #999;
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
     -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
      -ms-box-sizing: border-box;
       -o-box-sizing: border-box;
          box-sizing: border-box;
  
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:    -moz-linear-gradient(left top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:     -ms-linear-gradient(left top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:      -o-linear-gradient(left top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  background:         linear-gradient(left top, #f0f0f0 0%, #d3d3d3 100%);
  
  /* 1/sqrt(3) = 0.5774 */
  -webkit-transform: translateX(1em) rotate(45deg) scale(0.5774) skew(15deg,15deg);
     -moz-transform: translateX(1em) rotate(45deg) scale(0.5774) skew(15deg,15deg);
      -ms-transform: translateX(1em) rotate(45deg) scale(0.5774) skew(15deg,15deg);
       -o-transform: translateX(1em) rotate(45deg) scale(0.5774) skew(15deg,15deg);
          transform: translateX(1em) rotate(45deg) scale(0.5774) skew(15deg,15deg);
}

.breadcrumbs .current {
  color: #777;
  
  -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 4px;
      -moz-border-radius-topright: 4px;
          border-top-right-radius: 4px;
  
  -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;
  		-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 4px;
  				border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;
}

.breadcrumbs .current:after {
  content: normal;
}