Katy Watson

Katy Watson Australia correspondent Watch: How snakes and spiders are milked for venom With a pair of bright pink tweezers in hand, Emma Teni is delicately wrestling a large and leggy spider in a small plastic pot. “He’s posing,” the […]

Katy Watson Australia correspondent Reporting fromSouthern Queensland Watch: Australia’s east coast prepares for rare cyclone The wind has been kicking up along Australia’s Gold Coast and so too has the swell. But while authorities have been warning residents to stay

Katy Watson Pacific correspondent Getty Images The remote and resource-rich Cook Islands has antagonised old allies over a deal with China The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty and his signing of a

BBC Saltwater crocodiles were almost hunted to extinction in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT). Now they’re thriving It’s dawn on Darwin Harbour and government ranger Kelly Ewin – whose job is to catch and remove crocodiles – is balancing precariously on

BBC/Lindle Markwell Plans to mine the Cook Islands’ seabed have drawn condemnation from activists who fear damage to the environment “They look like chocolate truffles, just don’t eat them,” jokes Jean Mason, the curator of the Cook Islands Library and

Getty Images The 1,000km (621-mile) march began nine days ago in the far north of the country Thousands of people are gathering to take the final steps in a march on New Zealand’s parliament to demonstrate against a controversial bill

Australian senator explains why she heckled King Charles Lidia Thorpe is no stranger to controversy and it’s not the first time she’s voiced her views on the British monarchy. The Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung woman has been a senator

BBC The Tongan capital Nuku’alofa was buzzing during the Pacific Islands Forum Tonga’s sleepy capital Nuku’alofa was buzzing last week as leaders from across the Pacific region descended upon it for the annual Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting. Every

Getty Images The Pacific islands are in grave danger from rising sea levels The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said that big polluters have a clear responsibility to cut emissions – or risk a worldwide catastrophe. “The Pacific is