The Wallace Line marks a sharp biological divide between Asian and Australasian species, despite islands being just miles apart. Alfred Russel Wallace identified the boundary in 1859 after observing ...

The animal kingdoms of Asia and Australia are worlds apart, thanks to an invisible line that runs right between the two neighboring continents. Most wildlife never cross this imaginary boundary, not ...

The Wallace Line runs through Asia and Australia, and shows an incongruity in the dispersion of animal species on either side. Researchers have known about the differences in the animals for over 150 ...

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In the heart of the Indonesian archipelago lies an invisible boundary that has fascinated scientists for over a century. It’s ...

While bullets and cannonballs were flying back and forth across the Mason Dixon line in 1862, Alfred Russel Wallace was wrapping up eight years of adventure studying and collecting biological ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Wallace Line marks a sharp biological divide between Asian and Australasian species, despite islands being just miles apart.

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