James Cook University researcher Angus Emmott helped identify the new species and explained that the giant insect weighs ...

A giant new species of ‘super-sized’ stick insect has been discovered in a remote rainforest in North Queensland.

A winter wonderland could eventuate this weekend on the state's Granite Belt, where temperatures are set to plummet.

Queensland braces for a cold, rainy start to August, with maximum temperatures dropping up to 10 degrees below average.