Pay a visit to the islands of Indonesia, and you’ll notice something strange with the animals. Somehow, traveling between the islands of Bali and Lombok leads you to two distinct sets of animals, even though the water that separates them isn’t that expansive. What gives?
An Invisible Line Splits Indonesian Fauna. Here’s Where It Came From.
Related Posts
A new discovery shows major flowering plants are 150 million years older than previously thought
Prof Shuo Wang/Shi et al., 2022, Author provided Byron Lamont, Curtin University A major group of flowering plants…
September 15, 2022
Nature’s GPS: how animals use the natural world to perform extraordinary feats of navigation
Tiny birds like robins are able to use the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate. Pxhere Richard Holland, Bangor…
January 10, 2023
Ancient Footprints Provide Proof of Two Hominin Species Coexisting 1.5 Million Years Ago
At a Glance A discovery in Kenya has provided concrete evidence that two species of early human ancestors…
December 15, 2024
We need a single list of all life on Earth – and most taxonomists now agree on how to start
Sumruay Rattanataipob/Shutterstock Stephen Garnett, Charles Darwin University and Aaron M. Lien, University of Arizona Species lists are one…
November 23, 2023