ANYONE desirous of prosecuting a biological research expedition to the tropics would be well advised to read this little book, which is charmingly written and illustrated, and equally well translated.

Orangutans belong to the Hominidae family, also called the great apes. They are highly intelligent and share around 96.4% of our DNA. Orangutans are the only great apes in Asia, making their homes on ...

This is Insulindia, or the Malay Archipelago, the land of 25,000 islands that were explored by Alfred Russel Wallace between 1854 and 1862 and where he made some of the most important scientific ...