CANBERRA, Australia, May 6, 2013 (ENS) – Parts of Cape York Peninsula, one of the last wilderness areas on Earth, will be nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site by the Australian Government even as ...

This wild region of rainforest and savanna in far north Queensland is up for heritage listing, but hurdles remain. THE GREEN PYTHON, a spectacular sight curled around lush tropical foliage, is known ...

The newly formed Cape York Alliance has written ­letters to the state and federal Attorneys-General demanding an inquiry into the operation of the Cape York Institute, Cape York Partnerships, Balkanu ...

Be honest. Who among us hasn’t thought about standing at the Australian mainland’s most northerly landfall at some stage in our lives? Of all the far-flung places you could visit in Australia, ...

Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Michael Westaway receives funding from then Australian Research Council and has ...

One of the country's great wildernesses is gearing up for a bumper tourist season, as thousands of visitors prepare to tick Queensland's Cape York off their bucket list. National park camp sites on ...

A new species of leaf-tailed gecko sits on a tree trunk in the patches of rainforest on the top of the boulder fields of the Cape Melville Range. Photo: Tim Laman/National Geographic Cape Melville ...

Land and sea ranger Lee Ase remembers the first time he laid eyes on the mysterious specks of colour mottled on light sand at Mapoon Beach in Cape York. Cape York's beaches are a critical habitat for ...

Titles on 160,000ha around Temple Bay, now known as “Bromley’’, have been signed over to three clans by the Palaszczuk government in a move that ends one of the strangest conservation battles in ...

Dr Nick Skilton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Lifestyle. Followed categories will be added to My News. Be honest. Who among us hasn’t thought about standing at the Australian mainland’s most northerly landfall ...