March 2026. A mysterious marine contamination event is unfolding along the east coast of New Ireland Province, ...

Two species of marsupials thought to have been extinct for the past 6,000 years have been found very much alive on the island of New Guinea.

Armed conflict is not the only frontline for West Papuans in their struggle against Indonesian rule, according to a new film.

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

Some viewers questioned whether this footage was real, but the cultural diversity of Papua New Guinea is truly that extraordinary. Here’s a closer look at the Wii Towai community in Chimbu Province.

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a ...

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

Two marsupials thought extinct for over 7,000 years were rediscovered in New Guinea through fossils, photos and citizen science.

Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

A team of researchers from Australia has found evidence that two marsupial species are still alive in the deep rainforests of Papua, Indonesia.