New research will create a 21st-century tally of biodiversity in Southwest Pacific
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 11:31
in Earth & Climate
The Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific are best known as a locale for some of the most intense fighting of the Second World War, including the bloody Battle of Guadalcanal. But for nearly a century, the rich biodiversity of the islands has been instrumental to the study of evolution, including research by noted scientists Ernst Mayr and Jared Diamond.