A new species of freshwater turtle has been discovered in Papua New Guinea, which researchers say would have been present while the island was still forming. A study published in the international ...

Turtle numbers are declining drastically in Papua New Guinea, under threat from locals who eat turtle eggs, commercial fishing activities, and rubbish polluting the ocean. This has prompted an ...

A pig-nosed turtle at the Shedd Aquarium Courtesy of flickr user happy via The pig-nosed turtle–a freshwater species found in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and northern Australia–is a strangely cute little ...