along Indonesia’s border with Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea, where the Yongsu Sapari and Yongsu Dosoyo communities live. The echidna was named in honor of famed naturalist David ...

D aniel Pinto, a 27-year-old traveller from Lambeth, south London, has become the first tourist to visit several indigenous ...

Chaos at Australian-led Papua New Guinea anti-corruption commission. Chaos has engulfed Papua New Guinea’s anti-corruption body, which is led by two Australians and a New Zealander.

Faced with growing inequality and social strain, the plebeian council increasingly directed its energy toward social relief for ordinary citizens. Though no longer revolutionary, its institutional ...

On Aug. 9, 1969, the 8-months-pregnant Tate and her friends — Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, and Wojciech Frykowski — were at ...

So, here's a compilation of 50 famous people who were murdered, died during sex or in a freak accident, vanished without a ...

The first ancient human genomes analyzed from Papua New Guinea reveal that some of the early groups that lived there were completely genetically isolated from their neighbors, showing there was little ...

An American bomber from World War II that sat hidden in Papua New Guinea’s jungle for decades will soon go on display at a museum in the island nation’s capital, according to the Australian air force.

University of Michigan biologist Fred Kraus identified four new tree snake species in Papua New Guinea, highlighting the region's rich but understudied biodiversity. These discoveries, found on ...

In the rugged landscapes of Papua New Guinea—where more than 800 languages echo across valleys and coasts—a remarkable discovery has brought new clarity to one of humanity's greatest migrations.

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 Met’s route to reconnecting with the tribe began when Shiva Lynn Burgos, an artist, curator and special envoy for Papua New Guinea on art, visited the Rockefeller Wing in 2014 and recognized ...