The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird, captured in a mist net on the outskirts of Wanang Village in Papua New Guinea in 2018. In the summer of 1989, Jack Dumbacher was a fresh-faced ornithologist ...

NEW YORK (AP) — After a week of taking hits, Juan Soto came up with a big one. In a slump that sparked debate over whether he made the right decision to leave the Yankees for a record $765 ...

Scientist captures first-ever video of giant in Papua New Guinea. The rodent can grow nearly 3 feet long and weigh over 4 pounds. The species were previously known only from 1989 museum records.

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New Guinea Island is home to one of the world's most important remaining stands of tropical rainforest. However, for many years, it has been under assault by illegal loggers and a community advocacy ...

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has struck off the north coast of Papua New Guinea overnight. It had a depth of 53km, the United States Geological Survey says. Notable quake, preliminary info: M 6.4 - 81 ...

The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) had been detected in stool specimens of two healthy children in Papua New Guinea on May 9. The ...

The Earthquake Observation Division of the Thai Meteorological Department reported a strong earthquake in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday night (May 20), with no direct impact on Thailand. According to ...

However, experts are increasingly concerned that developers are shifting their focus to New Guinea, which is split roughly in half between Indonesia, which controls the island’s west, and Papua ...

She could not possibly have known that her son, a haemophiliac like many others at Treloar's, would be subjected to trials of a new treatment ... toxic plasma jabs. ‘Guinea pigs, lab rats ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean near the north coast of Papua New Guinea early Tuesday morning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said there is no tsunami threat to ...

(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck northeast of Angoram, Papua New Guinea, early on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 53 km (32.93 ...