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PORT MORESBY – The United States is scheduled to sign a new security pact with Papua New Guinea on Monday as it continues to compete with China for influence in the Pacific. Papua New Guinea’s location just north of Australia makes it strategically significant. It was the site of fierce battles during World War II, […]
China is warning against the introduction of “geopolitical games” in the South Pacific following the announcement that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Papua New Guinea next week May 19, 2023, 5:54 AM ET • 3 min read BEIJING — China on Friday warned against the introduction of “geopolitical games” in the South […]
Comment on this story Comment It has been 140 years since scientists identified the black-naped pheasant pigeon in the mountainous tropical forests of Papua New Guinea’s Fergusson Island. Since then, the chicken-sized bird has been so elusive that ornithologists began comparing it to Bigfoot. Now, they’ve finally re-sighted it —
The expedition team – which included local Papua New Guineans working with Papua New Guinea National Museum, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the American Bird Conservancy (BirdLife USA) – arrived on Fergusson in early September 2022. They spent a month traveling around the island, interviewing local community members to identify locations to set up camera […]
CNN — A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was seen for the first and last time in 1882, according to a news release from nonprofit Re . . .
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