Rex, the wallaby that went missing from a South Jersey animal sanctuary after breaking out of its enclosure, was found safe ...

Within a forested limestone landscape of Papua New Guinea lives a shy, striking bird that’s new to science. This bird is also ...

A snake with deep black skin and large, dark eyes has been confirmed as a newly identified species on Misima Island in Papua ...

A rare marsupial, the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo, has been found alive in New Guinea. This species was last seen nearly 90 years ...

My expedition fellow Andrew Wight said, ‘Have you ever been to Papua New Guinea? There's [the New Britain Trench] there, and ...

Genomic study reveals the routes taken by people as they island hopped across IndonesiaA new study, published today in the journal Science, reveals ...

Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.

A new study, published in the journal Science, reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the ...

Discover how saltwater crocodiles blend into murky water, stalk in silence, and use patience and power to dominate their ...

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face ...

Our preference for sweet tastes represents an elegant evolutionary adaptation. The ability to detect sweet substances likely ...