Three communities in Papua New Guinea are waiting for the country’s Supreme Court to decide whether their concerns about the dumping of mine waste in the sea near their homes merit cancellation of an ...

Ancient DNA from Papua New Guinea reveals surprising genetic isolation among its earliest inhabitants ...

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 ...

PORT MORESBY, May 30, 2025 – More than 375,000 children in some of the most underserved communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will benefit from a new landmark education project that will improve ...

A journalist says people in Papua New Guinea want action to violence - not just the usual condemnation from leaders. Another gruesome video is circulating social media from Enga Province, which has a ...

Modern Nature have announced a new album, The Heat Warps, which will be out August 29 via Bella Union. Unlike the improvisational nature of the group’s last few releases, this one hews to more ...

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 ...

The suspension follows trading halts requested by both companies on Monday after reports emerged that Guinea’s military-led government had cancelled 51 mining licences. The move is understood to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s May 2025 re-election, Australia is advancing a historic defence treaty with Papua New Guinea. Rooted in shared history and strategic urgency amid ...