An Australian cruise ship ran aground in Papua New Guinea. The incident took place at 5:25 a.m. local time off the coast of Finschhafen on Dec. 27, according to the Papua New Guinea National Maritime ...

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The quake struck at 10:31 a.m. UTC (5:31 a.m. ET) in the city ...

SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, which the largest Pacific Island nation said was funded by Australia under a ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like sea creature on a coral reef in Papua New Guinea and discovered an “iridescent” new species, a study said. Screengrab from Allways Dive Expeditions’ YouTube video Off ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a major bilateral defense treaty Monday that China believes targets it unfairly. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, attends the ground breaking ceremony for the landmark fuel storage facility in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on September 15, 2025. PNG ...

How often do we discover a new animal on our planet, only for it to disappear from sight for decades and then suddenly reemerge, reminding us it never went extinct at all? That is the story of the ...

The sailback houndshark was first described as a new genus and species in 1973. Sagumai et al. / Journal of Fish Biology, 2025 In July 1970, a fisherman caught an unfamiliar shark in Papua New ...

Papua New Guinea has selected “Papa Buka” as its inaugural submission to the Academy Awards, marking the first time the Pacific nation has entered the international feature film category at the Oscars ...

AIKEN — Michael Carra’s third expedition to search for Amelia Earhart is is underway. The Cedar Creek resident is back in Papua New Guinea, where he believes the aviation pioneer’s twin-engine ...