Rabies is now present only 350 kilometres from northern Australia, closer than the distance from Sydney to Dubbo.
Ecology
Sep 28, 2012
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More than 54,000 wild birds, including critically endangered species, were laundered through the Solomon islands into the global wildlife trade between 2000 and 2010, a wildlife group said Tuesday.
Ecology
Jul 18, 2012
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The South Pacific hurricane Tropical Depression season normally ends in April but Tropical Depression 21P has developed in the South Pacific Ocean between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands from "System 91P," a low ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 2, 2012
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Papua New Guinea's "poorest" region - the resource rich Western Province - would rank just above Zimbabwe but below the Democratic Republic of Congo in terms of human development according to new data unveiled by Deakin University's ...
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2012
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When two Cornell undergraduates and a recent graduate went on a field research trip to Papua New Guinea in 2008, little did they know it would lead to entries in the Guinness Book of World Records and a groundbreaking research ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2012
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The Woodlark Rift off-shore of eastern Papua New Guinea is the fastest extending continental crust on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2012
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"Titanic" director James Cameron will try in the coming weeks to dive to the deepest place on Earth, further than any other human has on a solo mission, to return with specimens and images.
Earth Sciences
Mar 8, 2012
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The expertise of entomologists at the University of California, Riverside has a worldwide impact, with researchers tracking down the natural enemy of the Asian citrus psyllid in Pakistan, identifying insecticidal fungi to ...
Ecology
Jan 5, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Natural carbon dioxide (CO2) seeps in Papua New Guinea have given scientists rare insights into what tropical coral reefs could look like if human-induced atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to rise unabated. ...
Environment
Jun 2, 2011
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Fish are not as dumb as people sometimes think: marine scientists have found that fish that are regularly hunted with spearguns are much more wary and keep their distance from fishers.
Ecology
Mar 21, 2011
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