The head of Papua New Guinea's military says the country does not have the capacity to safely store 3,500 rifles Australia ...

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

Great Pacific Gold (TSXV: GPAC; US-OTC: GPGCF) is tightening its focus on Papua New Guinea and advancing drilling at its Wild ...

The pygmy possum has a stripe down its back and an unusually long fourth finger, twice as long as the rest of its digits, that it uses to extract insect larvae that bores down into wood. It was last ...

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

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 citizen scientist's wildlife photo helped researchers confirm two marsupial species thought extinct for over 7,000 years are still alive.

The CDC is encouraging Americans traveling abroad to make sure they are up to date on their polio vaccines ...

Victor Mooney of Goree Challenge who completed a transatlantic row to encourage HIV testing arrived last week in ...

The CDC issued a Level 2 travel advisory for 32 countries, warning travelers of a poliovirus outbreak ahead of Spring Break, ...

A possum and a glider long thought extinct have been rediscovered in New Guinea by a group including Australian mammalogist Tim Flannery.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has made an impassioned pitch in the Australian parliament for middle powers like Canada ...