wears an heirloom headdress with feathers taken from peacocks and birds-of-paradise. The kina shells on her necklace are a status symbol. Shells were legal currency in Papua New Guinea until 1933 ...

Papua New Guinea was heavily involved in World War ... That includes the dangerous Southern Cassowary and the stunning Raggiana Bird of Paradise as well as poisonous birds. You'll also find ...

We often think that birds only belong in forests, mountains, and remote areas, far from our daily lives. We assume that ...

Whether adorning a red bird of paradise in New Guinea, China’s golden pheasant, a Eurasian jay or a Mandarin duck, these intricate structures are a tribute to the power of natural selection ...

Pope Francis has been welcomed in Vanimo, on the coast of Papua New Guinea, where he donned a traditional Bird of Paradise feathered headdress. He came to Vanimo at the invitation of local ...

They have been cataloguing the courtship displays of every species of this stunning family of birds. But recently they noticed something new ... Papua in search of the Wilson’s bird of paradise ...

Frank Gardner and Benedict Allen journey through Papua New Guinea. Gardner is pursuing a lifelong dream to see birds of paradise, while Allen is returning to the tribe he abandoned 30 years ago.