PNG’s Torricelli Mountains teem with life — and the risk of extinction

Mongabay
Mar 31, 2025, 2:13 pm306 ptsTop
Millions of years ago, as the Indo-Australian plate pushed into the Pacific plate, a volcanic arc of islands began to emerge near the modern-day island of New Guinea that would one day form the Torricelli Mountains. And in this ancient, slow-motion reordering of Earth’s crust, life inevitably layered on top…

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