Scientists discover why kangaroos are not naturally found in Asia
A study conducted by biologists from Australian National University (ANU) and ETH Zurich in Switzerland may have discovered why Australian marsupials are nearly impossible to find outside of Australia, particularly in the country’s neighboring Southeast Asian region. Key details: The study, published in Science on July 6, analyzed Wallace’s Line, an imaginary biogeography line coined by British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace in 1863 that serves as an evolutionary boundary for the animals on either side. While traveling across the Malay Archipelago, which consists...
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