Travel guides can tell you a lot about a country. But locals often have stories and facts you won’t find anywhere else.

On Aug. 9, 1969, the 8-months-pregnant Tate and her friends — Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, and Wojciech Frykowski — were at her Benedict Canyon house while her husband, director Roman Polanski, was ...

So, here's a compilation of 50 famous people who were murdered, died during sex or in a freak accident, vanished without a trace, and more: Warning: this post includes mentions of depression, suicide, ...

A woman has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on charges of human trafficking after allegedly luring students from Papua New Guinea (PNG) to Australia with fake scholarships before ...

The subalpine woolly rat, measuring a whopping 2.7ft in length, has been discovered in the highlands of Papua New Guinea - and has been caught on camera for the first time ...

He wanted to know more about this mysterious species, as well as the mammalian diversity of New Guinea more broadly. For help, he turned to several tribes living on Mount Wilhelm.

A gigantic rat species, stretching over 2.5 feet in length, has been found residing in the lofty mountains of Papua New Guinea. Labelled the subalpine woolly rat, this enormous creature boasts ...

Shells were legal currency in Papua New Guinea until 1933, and they’re still used to purchase brides and settle blood feuds. The local currency is still called the kina.

Papua New Guinea faced multiple crises in 2024, beginning with the January riots that caused AUD$160 million in damage. The year saw escalating inter-group violence, infrastructure failures, and ...

Capturing cultures to celebrate people Mexican photographer Maricruz Sainz de Aja won in the ‘Faces, People, Cultures’ category with a series of images of the Wauga tribe from Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea has long been tarred by outdated tropes that paint its people as savages. Historically, cannibalism has been documented among a small number of tribes in remote parts of Papua New ...

Pinto describes Papua New Guinea as “the last frontier” and said it was amazing to visit tribes who had never seen tourists before. dnzh.travels / SWNS “It still has villages and tribes that ...