A MAN who poked a forked tongue at the law has been fined $4500 for taking snakes and other reptiles from national parks in Queensland's far north. Rhys Bernard Livens has pleaded guilty in the Cairns ...

THE Far North’s black market trade in native animals seems to be thriving, with Environment Department officers making roughly 11 seizures each month. While the department wasn’t able to comment on ...

Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures, located halfway between Cairns and Port Douglas, is something of a local institution. For the last 15 years they’ve been educating visitors about the saltwater and ...

INNISFAIL could get a crocodile farm on the banks of the Johnstone River under an idea floated by the Katter’s Australia Party and the Cassowary Coast Regional Council. The plan is still in its ...

A SNAKE that wound itself around a bedside lamp, and a massive python that blocked the entrance to a duck enclosure are among several serpentine escapees of Cairns’ wet weather. Cairns Snake Catcher ...