“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

These days, you can find cassowaries in northern Queensland and Papua New Guinea. If you’re lucky ... Okapi evolved to live relatively solitary lives in the jungle, where a long neck might get caught ...

Papua New Guinea is home to thousands of species — many still waiting to be discovered.

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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