News and Views

An excellent feature article about Wallace has just been published in the December issue of National Geographic Magazine, which is now for sale in the shops (in the USA at least). "The Man Who Wasn't Darwin" has text by the acclaimed science writer David Quammen and images by Robert Clark, a much published National Geographic photographer. The text and a few of the images are available online here:- http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/12/wallace/quammen-text

Just a reminder that there will be a four day conference on Wallace and the Wallacea in Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia, from December 10 to 13 which is being organised by the Indonesian Academy of Sciences. For more information see their website http://www.indonesianacademy.org/ and my earlier blog post: http://wallacefund.info/conference-alfred-russel-wallace-wallacea-makassar-indonesia