Green blood is one of the most unusual characteristics in the animal kingdom, but it's the hallmark of a group of lizards in New Guinea. Prasinohaema are green-blooded skinks, or a type of lizard. The muscles, bones and tongues ...
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2018
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The pacific island of Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most resource rich countries, hosting nearly 7 percent of global biodiversity and important reserves of gold, copper and hydrocarbons. However, despite a burgeoning ...
Environment
Feb 8, 2016
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The oldest genome of a modern human from the Wallacea region—the islands between western Indonesia and Papua New Guinea—indicates a previously undescribed ancient human relationship. Researchers were able to isolate sufficient ...
Archaeology
Aug 25, 2021
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There are many hypotheses about where the Indigenous ancestors first settled in Australia tens of thousands of years ago, but evidence is scarce.
Archaeology
Apr 30, 2021
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Hulking hulls of mighty warships greet divers off Turkey's western shore, testament to a World War I battle that gave birth to nations and is now an underwater museum.
Archaeology
Oct 6, 2021
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The 2007 Solomon Island earthquake may point to previously unknown increased earthquake and tsunami risks because of the unusual tectonic plate geography and the sudden change in direction of the earthquake, according to ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 9, 2009
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Australian paleontologists from Flinders University have described a new genus of giant fossil kangaroo from the mountains of central Papua New Guinea.
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2022
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A new geological analysis of the site where a 6000-year old human skull was discovered in Papua New Guinea in 1929 has revealed that the person most likely died in a catastrophic tsunami.
Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2017
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It is well known that agriculture developed independently in New Guinea 7000 years ago, but evidence of its influence on how people lived has eluded scientists—until now.
Archaeology
Mar 26, 2020
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Paleontologists from Flinders University have described three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New Guinea, finding them more diverse in shape, range and hopping method than previously thought.
Plants & Animals
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