Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea

The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says ...
FIFA

Bilums and Kulas march on

Papua New Guinea and Fiji secure passage to the final round of OFC qualifiers for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, as New Zealand win big again.

PNG seeks help for citizens in Middle East, supports US-Israel attack on Iran

PNG's Prime Minister James Marape says he has requested Australia's consular help to include Papua New Guineans in their ...
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The World’s Most Valuable Butterfly: Why the Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing Is Nearly Priceless

In 1906, naturalist Albert Stewart Meek discovered a butterfly so large that it defied belief. Living high in the canopies of Papua New Guinea, the Queen Alexandra birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) ...
Mongabay

New species of jewel-babbler from Papua New Guinea may be endangered

Within a forested limestone landscape of Papua New Guinea lives a shy, striking bird that’s new to science. This bird is also incredibly rare and may already be endangered, according to a recent study ...
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5.9-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea Region -- GFZ

HONG KONG, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Papua New Guinea Region at 0618 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a ...
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Scientists are living at sea in Papua New Guinea to study one of the most biodiverse places on Earth

Cutting edge tech and local knowledge are helping a group of scientists in Papua New Guinea survey the country’s highly biodiverse ocean ecosystems. They are hoping it will provide the government with ...