They can stay out of the water briefly while crossing exposed reefs.

Scientists exploring the reefs of eastern Papua New Guinea have discovered a new species of walking shark, bringing the total ...

A shark that walks on land at low tide just turned up in one of the ocean's most remote corners, and scientists are already worried it could vanish before we fully understand it.

Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the ...

The creature belongs to a unique group of sharks whose members can use their strong pectoral fins like legs to get around ...

Oxfam predicts PNG will be worst-hit country in Pacific from the weather pattern, with up to 3 million people affected nationwide ...

The United States announced a new military agreement with Papua New Guinea, the most populous Pacific island country, on May 22, 2023. The deal came shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden announced ...

Roughly 50,000 years ago, a kangaroo unlike any alive today lived in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea.

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