Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...

Seeing a snake is not usually unexpected—until it shines like dark obsidian. In a trek through a minefield on a tiny island ...

A newly released video shows the first-ever footage of the subalpine woolly rat, one of the world’s largest rodents, captured ...

Local inhabitants had long been aware of the bird’s toxicity and warned against consuming them without thorough preparation.

The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures. Estimated to host ...

CONSERVATION of the exotic citrus species and other crop varieties in Papua New Guinea is very critical in sustaining the ...

By 1992, scientists had confirmed that pitohui birds contain batrachotoxin, one of the most lethal natural poisons—far more ...

The black snake Dendrelaphis atra has been discovered on an island in Papua New Guinea; this species stands out for its ...

A researcher took a bite to the hand while studying snakes in Papua New Guinea and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by The Islanders Papua New Guinea On ...

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a ...

In addition to having local hunters as his guides, Vejmělka set up a camera trap on a fallen log over a stream in a dense ...