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New Guinean woolly rats, related to the giant cloud rats of the Philippines, rank among the largest murine rodents on Earth.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2025

At 4,000 feet or more above sea level, where some 40 percent of the Papua New Guinean population lives, temperatures have historically been too cold for Anopheles mosquitoes to thrive year-round.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

The woman, a Papua New Guinean citizen whose name has not been disclosed, was released to police on Wednesday, Deputy Police Commissioner Philip Mitna said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

The Australian man is an archaeologist who works for an Australian university, who was accompanied by several Papua New Guinean students from a local university who were also taken hostage.

From Reuters • Feb. 20, 2023

Austronesians enjoyed few advantages in competing with those established New Guinean populations.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond