Island adventurer: Alfred Russel Wallace and the quest for the origin of species

Catch the video of Dr John van Wyhe on BBC Travel here

In honour of the centenary of the great Victorian naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, John van Wyhe wrote and curated the Wallace exhibition at Science Centre Singapore, co-sponsored by the Faculty of Science, NUS. This animated biography of Wallace was made for the exhibition.

The opening title sound recording of the song of Wallace’s standard wing bird of paradise was recorded on Halmahera by John van Wyhe.