A volcanic island geographically isolated by impenetrable lowland jungle and choppy waters, Papua New Guinea lies a mere 5 degrees south of the Equator. Astonishingly, PNG is also one of the ...

People living in the highlands and lowlands of Papua New Guinea have different frequencies of several Denisovan genetic variants, which may help them adapt to their local environmental conditions.

A photo of a highland wild dog in Papua, Indonesia. A new genetic study confirms that these wild dogs are in fact a surviving population of the New Guinea singing dog, which was thought to be ...