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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List has recently had a new entrant, and it is part of Cape York Peninsula. However, the situation isn’t as clear as it seems, as what many would see as a coup, ...

Two soldiers have narrowly survived being death-rolled by a 2.5 metre crocodile off the coast of Cape York after one of the men stabbed the reptile in the eye. The soldiers were swimming off Cape York ...

Driving into the Kutini-Payamu National Park near Lockhart River in Queensland's Cape York, it is hard to imagine it was created to preserve the Iron Range rainforest. In March, category three Cyclone ...

The Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation 2012 is a thorough 369-page document that is the culmination of an extraordinary reporting process: there are now eight reports on the website of the Department ...

The biggest national park on the Cape York Peninsula has been handed back to its traditional owners. THE INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL OWNERS of Lakefield National Park, about 300km north of Cairns, have ...

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 ...