For 13 years, Caleb Bulu recorded the rich wildlife of the Torricelli Mountain Range in northwestern Papua New Guinea by walking up and down the slopes.

With two-thirds of the country draped in dense, tropical rainforests, Papua New Guinea is home to diverse wildlife, including several marsupial species, flightless cassowaries, and vibrant birds ...

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 ...

Wildlife thrives within this large swath of undeveloped land, but Papua New Guinea's old-growth forests are also highly desirable to loggers and are likely to become a conservation battleground in ...

U.S. consumers may unwittingly be fueling illegal logging in Papua New Guinea’s tropical forests simply by shopping at furniture stores and home improvement retailers like The Home Depot. A two ...

A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea.

Scientists recently discovered a striking new species of snake on Sudest Island in Papua New Guinea. Named Dendrelaphis anthracina, or the coal black tree snake, it measures up to 4 feet, 8 inches ...

Fred Kraus, a biologist from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, travelled to this remote part of Papua New Guinea to study ...

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was documented by scientists for the first ...

The severely decayed remains of a marine creature recently washed up on a beach in Papua New Guinea. Experts can't agree on what the ghostly white lump is, but it is most likely the remains of a ...