By Carolyn Cowan The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures.

Scientists found a “long”-legged creature with a “melodious” call in a rainforest of Papua New Guinea and discovered a new species. Photo from S. Richards In a rainforest of Papua New ...

Scientists found a “honking” creature with a “long” tongue in a rainforest of Papua New Guinea and discovered new species, study said. Photo from S. Richards Walking through a dark ...

On Sudest Island in southern Papua New Guinea, a creature covered in ticks moved across the rainforest floor. Its slithering body, more than a foot long, was snatched up by a research assistant in ...

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on ...

Papua New Guinea will "immediately" lift a ban on forest ... The island of New Guinea is cloaked in the world's third-largest rainforest belt, helping the planet breathe by sucking in carbon ...

A researcher took a bite to the hand while studying snakes in Papua New Guinea and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by The Islanders Papua New Guinea On ...