New Guinea
Scientists Rediscover Rare ‘Singing’ Dogs Thought to Have Gone Extinct
New Guinea "singing" dogs were thought to have gone extinct in the wild. But new research has located an “ancestral dog population” on the Indonesian island.
Boycotting Palm Oil Won't Do Any Good
The pitfalls of the palm oil industry are devastating, but experts say that boycotting the use of such a ubiquitous ingredient won't do any good—only a halt to deforestation, along with a widespread consumer fight for higher sustainable standards will.
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I Broke Vegetarianism to Eat Rat Stew
I lived in the Kairak mountains of New Guinea for three months with a tribe of semi-nomadic people called the Bainings. We ate weird things like pumpkin tips, but consuming freshly caught rat in a coconut stew was an experience I will never forget as a...
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