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

A new study describes ... but has also shielded native plants and animals from human disturbance and habitat destruction. Slapcinsky took nine trips to Papua New Guinea between 2002 and 2012 ...

His armlets hold sprigs of plants from his region ... linguistically complex, faraway Papua New Guinea? The images on these pages document just a few points on the wide spectrum of life in ...

Herpetologist Fred Kraus discovered a new arboreal snake species, Dendrelaphis atra, on Misima Island in Papua New Guinea ... how it breeds, or how it lives within its environment.