Exploring one of the last intact wildernesses
A team of students and researchers, including ornithologists, entomologists, herpetologists, mammalogists, and geologists, have begun to document the Cyclops Mountains of Indonesian Papua at the invitation of the local community.
A haven for Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna
Unknown to science except for a single specimen collected in 1961, Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna has been rediscovered after more than sixty years by our expedition team in the summer of 2023.
A home to many new and undescribed species
A new species of terrestrial shrimp, an undescribed frog species, and dozens of new insect species have already been documented by the first time by science.
The first sighting of Mayr’s honeyeater in over a decade
Near the peaks of the Cyclops Mountains, the expedition spotted a pair of Mayr’s honeyeaters and captured the first-ever video footage of this lively bird, last seen in 2007, from the Cyclops.