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Green katydid with a neon turquoise stripe
Dani elder in traditional garb
Deforestation in the Arfak mountains
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Dani man in Anyelma
Dani man in traditional ceremonial dress
Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes
Jungle lowland rainforest reaching the coast of New Guinea
Red harvestman
Dani warrior
River valley in the Arfak mountains
Dani man with penis gourd
Dani man
Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
Papuan man in Wamena
Orange and yellow flowers
Frog shadow seen through a sunlit leaf
Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family), a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea
Multicolored katydid
Mummified human in New Guinea
Aerial view of a Winding lowland rainforest river reaching the coast of New Guinea
Black and yellow weevil [west-papua_6354]
Canopy tree
Rotational forest clearing for banana and other crops
Turquoise blue katydid larva [west-papua_6206]
Arrows in the hand of a Mouley
Lowland rainforest in New Guinea
Warning: vomitting blood prohibited (or no spitting betelnut juice)
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae [west-papua_0411]
Green katydid with black stripes
Fly with yellow racing stripes and red eyes
Sunlit leaves in the New Guinea rainforest
Violet grasshopper
Kids among sweet potato fields in the highlands of New Guinea
Lake Sentani houses on stilts
Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females
Green grasshopper with turquoise legs
Bright red-orange moth
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae [west-papua_0386]
Lani grass hut
Logging in New Guinea
Green katydid with red eyes
Black and deep orange butterfly
Lani huts in the Baliem Valley
Metallic blue, green, and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family)
Cave in a New Guinea rainforest
Brown frog with neon green and blue markings (Litoria species) [west-papua_5783]
Schoenherr's blue weevil
Dani woman with a cassowary headdress
Litoria tree frog in New Guinea
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5038]
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea
Green, yellow, and brown grasshopper
Armed clansmen in New Guinea
Blue, green, purple, and red fly [west-papua_5656]
Children in a Dani village
Frog [west-papua_6259]
Stunning orange butterfly with eyespots
Dani man [papua_5515]
Black and yellow weevil
Armed Papuans
Schoenherr's blue weevil [west-papua_0436]
Dani warrior [papua_0342]
Dani man with penis gourd [papua_0166]
Stick insect
Rope bridge near Wamena
Tree frog in New Guinea (Litoria torrent-breeding hylid)
Multicolored (red, green, yellow, orange, violet) fly
Group of Papuan kids
Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest
Lani man in his hut [papua_5079]
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_0616]
Spiny stick insect
Black, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, and pink grasshopper
Frog shadow seen through a sunlit leaf [west-papua_5195]
Neon green skipper butterfly
Rainbow fly
Green fly
Dani man receiving a pig ear
Alex, a Dani man
Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulus)
Papua man in tradition dress
Papuan man in Wamena [papua_0023]
Blue, green, purple, and red fly
Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea
Eupholus schoenherri weevil
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae
Multicolored katydid [west-papua_0212]
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains
Lani man carrying firewood and a machete
Highland trees and fields in New Guinea
Dani village
Turquoise blue katydid larva
Road in the Arfak mountains
Black, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, and pink grasshopper [west-papua_6446]
Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family), a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea [west-papua_0341]
Orange assassin bug
Agricultural and forest fires in New Guinea
Rumah Kaki Seribu (thousand feet house), a traditional hut in the highlands of West Papua, New Guinea
Bower built by a male Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) using blue colored objects to attract a female
Orange, white, black and yellow orb spider
Green Prasinohaemus skink eating an insect. Interesting fact: The oxygen carrying molecule in this lizard's blood is copper based, rather than iron based (hence the Latin genus name). Its blood is green.
Traditional Mouley hut in the Arfak highlands outside of Manokrawi
Eupholus schoenherri weevil, a blue-green-turquoise beetle from New Guina
Sentani bark paintings
Rana grisea frog in New Guinea
Bird watching guide in New Guinea
Orange-pink flower
Group in Dani in a highland village [papua_0379]
Dumpy Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)
Neon red and orange katydid nymph
Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory)
Coral reef and forest off the northern coast of New Guinea
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea
Cuscus being sold as meat in the Wamena market
Blue, yellow and orange grasshopper (male) mating with a green and turquoise grasshopper (female)
Arfak cloud forest
Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0762]
Green grasshopper with orange eyes
Red and green katydid
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_0622]
Group in Dani in a highland village
Lani man in his hut
Red grasshawk dragonfly [west-papua_6089]
Dani man wearing only his penis gourd
Green walking stick
Black, white, orange, and yellow moth
Shield bug
Dani warrior [papua_0349]
Stick insect in the New Guinea rainforest
Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea
Dani elder in traditional dress
Dani elder in traditional costume
Papuan man holding a feather headdress
Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0664]
Brown frog with neon green and blue markings (Litoria species)
Katydid
New Guinea rainforest
Arfak cloud forest [west-papua_0759]
Orange moth with black and yellow polkadots
Girl in Anyelma
Red daddylonglegs with black legs
Lowland river in West Papua
Red-eyed fly
Strange flying insect
House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in New Guinea
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) [west-papua_5095]
Grasshopper with a green body, blue antennae, turquoise hind legs, red front legs, and a black head
Dani woman
Traditional wood and bark hut build by the Mouley clan
Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)
Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes [west-papua_0173]
Gecko (Gekko monarchus) in New Guinea
Tiny green spider
Mouley man near Syou [west-papua_0705]
Lake Sentani houses on stilts [papua_1056]
Multicolored katydid [west-papua_0242]
Dani woman [papua_5732]
Papuan hut and garden
Blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea
Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5158]
Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea [west-papua_5080]
Green katydid [west-papua_6576]
Smoke hanging in the forest near a village
Dani village [papua_5618]
Baby Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus polychloros)
Dani village in New Guinea
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0041]
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) [west-papua_5093]
Papuan man with many children
Grass huts in New Guinea
Sentani kids
Rainforest canopy in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_5296]
Green lizard eating an insect
Orange and gray insect
Metallic blue, green, and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family) [west-papua_5962]
Coastal wetland and river mouth in West Papua
Spiny orb-weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp)
Men carrying fire wood in New Guinea
Green fly [west-papua_5352]
Red and green katydid [west-papua_6508]
Limestone karst pinnacles
Papuan woman carrying a load in the typical fashion: in a bag hanging from the top of her head
Orange insect with a blue fringe
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5026]
Orange and brown butterfly with eyespots and blue eyes
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male]
Dani man [papua_5513]
Green katydid with black stripes [west-papua_5479]
Dani men in ceremonial battle [papua_5471]
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0037]
Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo [west-papua_0299]
Praying mantis in the lowland rain forest of New Guinea
Werapak Elosarek, a Dani 'big man' (Kain), who was mummified after his death in the 1600s
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_0619]
Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5162]
Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0768]
Papuan man removing the bone from his nose
Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory)
Blue, green, purple, and red fly [west-papua_5646]
Agricultural valley in the highlands of New Guinea
Neon green skipper butterfly [west-papua_5542]
Tropical forest in New Guinea
Tribal Dani women cooking sweet potato [papua_0602]
Prasinohaemus sp. skink
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5039]
Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea [west-papua_5020]
Prasinohaemus sp. skink [west-papua_6411]
Deforestation outside of Manokwari
Spider [west-papua_0319]
Male and female Papuan Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus) in the rainforest canopy in New Guinea
Black weevil with orange legs
Dani man [papua_5527]
Stick insect [west-papua_5636]
Dani man [papua_5559]
Dani people
Spiny stick insect [west-papua_6267]
Blue Crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata)
Dani elder in traditional dress atop a watch tower [papua_5391]
Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0679]
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_0618]
Red katydid with a green head
Lake Sentani homes on stilts
Arfak mountains
Aikima mummy (350 years old) [papua_5346]
Giant praying mantis
Orange and brown butterfly
Red harvestman [west-papua_5663]
Traditional Mouley hut in the Arfak highlands outside of Manokrawi [west-papua_0551]
Fly with blue legs
Smoke rising from a Dani village
Karst mountains in New Guinea
Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo
Spiny orb-weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp) [west-papua_5641]
Agamid lizard (family Agamidae), probably an anglehead (Gonocephalus), in the highlands of New Guinea
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5043]
Stick insect in the New Guinea rainforest [west-papua_0427]
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0058]
Orange and black butterfly
Rainforest canopy in the Arfak Mountains
Lani man carrying firewood and a machete [papua_5042]
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5034]
Mist rising from the rainforest [west-papua_5895]
Shield bug [west-papua_6309]
Orange spider with black legs
Black and yellow weevil [west-papua_0191]
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
Hanging bridge' near Wamena
Forest fire in New Guinea
Rainforest eucalyptus in New Guinea
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest [west-papua_0531]
Stick insect [west-papua_6472]
Mouley man near Syou [west-papua_0703]
Dani man roasting hog
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5041]
Grass hut
Multicolored katydid [west-papua_6467]
Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5145]
Red Fruit (Pandanus conoideus), a traditional fruit known by Papuans as kuansu.
Dani child in a Papuan village
Dani man [papua_5554]
Papua mummy
Yellow grasshawk dragonfly
River valley in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0506]
Turquoise blue katydid larva [west-papua_6151]
Transpiration in the rainforest
Mine on Lake Sentani
Crimson-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
Leaf-like moth
Forest guides in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0813]
Papuan kids
Limestone rock formations in New Guinea
Brown grasshopper
Red and orange insect
Dani boy in the highlands of New Guinea [papua_5212]
Highland forest in Papua
Blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea [not Eupholus bennetti]
Emergent tree in the montane forest of the Arfak mountains
Orange moth with black and yellow polkadots [west-papua_5581]
Kayo, or lookout, in traditional dress atop a watch tower
Green katydid [west-papua_5907]
Mining on the shores of Lake Sentani
Dani elder in traditional garb [papua_0396]
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae [west-papua_0409]
Dani men in ceremonial battle [papua_5498]
Orange leaf on a fern in New Guinea
Dani men in ceremonial battle [papua_5468]
Lake Sentani homes on stilts [papua_0998]
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0053]
Sentani bark paintings [papua_0914]
Rotational forest clearing for banana and other crops [west-papua_0560]
Leaf-like moth [west-papua_5739]
Deforestation near Mokwam, West Papua
Lowland rainforest in New Guinea [west-papua_0928]
Red grasshawk dragonfly [west-papua_6093]
Papuan man with his pig
Spider [west-papua_6252]
Cave near Mili Mountain [papua_5991]