Our collection contains a significant number of letters and manuscripts from the renowned naturalist, explorer and collector Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913). Wallace is recognised as the father of ...

Alfred Russel Wallace was a British naturalist renowned for co-developing the theory of evolution alongside Charles Darwin—and for mapping out the biodiversity of the Indonesian Archipelago. However, ...

The chirping of cicadas is deafening, my clothes are sticky and heavy with heat and sweat, my right hand is swollen from ant bites, I am panting, almost passing out from exhaustion – and I have a big ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Very scanty acquaintance with practical geology, I’m exceedingly ...

Homes sweet homes : a biographical tour of Wallace's many places of residence / George Beccaloni -- "Ardent beetle-hunters" : natural history, collecting, and the theory of evolution / Andrew Berry -- ...

An over a century-long mystery has been surrounding the Taiwanese butterfly fauna ever since the 'father of zoogeography' Alfred Russel Wallace described a new species of butterfly: Lycaena nisa, ...

The naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) has for many years been standing in the shadow of his more famed co-discoverer of the principle of natural selection, Charles Darwin. Despite outward ...

The world's biggest bee, which has been lost to science for almost 40 years, has been rediscovered in the wild. The species, Megachile pluto, also known as Wallace's giant bee, is around four times ...

Alfred Russel Wallace may not be a name as well-known as Charles Darwin, but London's Natural History Museum is one of many institutions that believes it should be. The reason why is simple: ask the ...

Origins of a heretic -- The struggle for existence -- A daring plan -- Travels on the Amazon... -- ...And the Rio Negro -- Disaster at sea ... and a civilized ...

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