Officially mapped in 1863, but in effect for millions of years, Wallace's Line has maintained two distinct animal kingdoms on ...

Researchers have discovered that a neglected moth was originally collected almost 170 years ago by Alfred Russell Wallace, and have now used it to help describe a further 11 new species. The story ...

Scientists were able to prove that rather than being a single neglected species, Topiris is in fact a genus of 14 species, including 11 species which are new to science. A moth neglected by experts ...

London, have discovered that a long-overlooked moth specimen in the Museum's collection was in fact collected by explorer and ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural ... Then a letter compelled him to go public. Alfred Russel Wallace was an admirer of Darwin's. Inspired by the Beagle voyage, Wallace set off ...

The idea that human beings developed, or evolved from other species was first proposed by English scientists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the 19th century. The theory proposes that ...

For over 160 years, the Wallace Line has been one of biology’s most enduring mysteries. This invisible boundary, slicing through the Indonesian archipelago, separates two worlds of wildlife. To the ...

The line, named after the scientist Alfred Russel Wallace, commemorates his independent work on the concept of natural selection alongside Darwin. His research reinforced the understanding that ...

When Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently wrote about natural selection in the mid-1800s, they each pointed to real-world examples of animals adapting to local conditions. The stark ...