Our new study led by Samuel Pironon is in the cover of SCIENCE! Congrats to the team and especially Sam for this massive work! 🍾🌴UZH Science Kew Science News from Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

#Palms of New Guinea book is out at last! 26 years in the making, 250 species, 91 of them described as new-to-science along the way, 650 photos, 250 line illustrations by @palmsmithy. Huge thanks to @KewScience and all of our partners in Indonesia, PNG and beyond!

An interesting weevil 😊

A couple of these Etlingera species I have seen with pink flowers with different habits. ☺️ Axel Dalberg Poulsen

Purari River, Gulf Province 🇵🇬

Papua New Guineans have a rich and diverse cultural heritage, and their traditional costumes are no exception. From bows and arrows to the striking headdresses adorned with feathers and shells 🇵🇬🫶👍💪

Bridal Veil Mushroom (Phallus indusiatus) ☺️

Scorpion 🦂☺️

always fun to see something different ☺️

The Melanesian room at The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen

Came across this Papurana species and a Nyctimystes species 🐸 while exploring a hill forest in mainland New Guinea 🤔.

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A small shrub to tree, growing up to 5-7 m tall. The leaves are dark green on top and glaucous underneath. The inflorescence is axillary to cauline. The fruits are cauline, dehiscent schizocarps, and orange. Only a single known population was found growing in upland swamp forests

Podocarp forest, Mt. Kenya Photos. BW

🐦 Reason #6: Meet the resplendent Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise – our national bird known for its dazzling plumes & dances ✨ PNG is home to 4 Paradisaea species – including the Goldie’s (Milne Bay), Emperor (Morobe) & Blue (Highlands). 🔗papua-new-guinea-tourism.info/3IMhpbq #VisitPNG #PNG50

An interesting study combining advanced genetic methods and museum collections to study the species diversity of jewel-babblers from New Guinea. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2…

Pleased to share that a new volume of the magazine has been published online. Gardenwise is open access and all volumes published since 1989 can be downloaded for free here: nparks.gov.sg/sbg/research/p… National Parks Board

Interesting seminar by Petr Kohout, Global change and mycorrhizal fungi: shifts in diversity and distribution