Articles tagged ‘Wallace Line’

The Wallace Line: Division between Asia and Australasia

By Nick | March 31st, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The Wallace Line (or Wallace’s Line) is a boundary that separates the zoogeographical regions of Asia and Australasia. West of the line are found organisms related to Asiatic species; to the east, mostly organisms related to Australian species. The line is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who noticed the apparent dividing line during his travels [...]

 

Bombings in Central Sulawesi

By Nick | December 31st, 2005 | Add a Comment »

Indonesian news today talks about a bomb in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. That part of the country has had violence before, most recently the beheading of 3 school girls.