For several years, blond hair was attributed to Caucasians but the Melanesians of Solomon Islands are one of the few groups with blonde hair outside Europe. Melanesians are black island people in the ...

Washington Black’ is populated with a number of intriguing characters, many of whom seem to be in search of their own ...

Melanesia means “black islands” in Greek and consists of roughly 2,000 islands in South Pacific Ocean that extends from New Guinea, stretches to New Caledonia and includes the Arafura Sea.

A major new report, Reviving Melanesia’s Ocean Economy: The Case for Action, launched today, has revealed that the ocean is a much larger part of Melanesia’s* economy and future prosperity than ...

THE two volumes of “The History of Melanesian Society,” by Dr. Rivers, represent two methods of the study of mankind, the ethnographical and the ethnological. The first volume is devoted to an ...

Melanesia extends from the western Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and covers Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. It has thousands of kilometres of ...

To most people, fins, masks, and wetsuits are recreational gear. But to the Sea Women of Melanesia, UNEP Champions of the Earth for Inspiration and Action, they are tools of change. Read more ...

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Pete Connolly to discuss China’s activities in the Pacific Islands, specifically Melanesia. Dr. Connolly explains that through his field ...

News Published: 18 March 1944 Micronesia and Melanesia Nature 153, 340 (1944) Cite this article ...