
The magic of Bruny Island
"It's just a place that you feel very alive and you feel nature feeling very alive around you," says specialist guide with Inala Nature Tours, Cat Dav...
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Rare and elusive: the two Bruny birds on visitor wish lists
We will often be sent a wish list by someone before they even arrive on Bruny Island, Inala Nature Tours guide Cat Davidson says of visiting bird-watc...
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Tim Winton: his new novel and our climate emergency
"I'm not proud that I've finished it, to be honest. I'm proud that I've survived it," says acclaimed Australian author Tim Winton of his new novel Jui...
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Jamie Kirkpatrick: a life for Nature
We pay our respects to Tasmanian conservation giant, Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick, who passed away last month aged 78. Kuno's Dan Broun s...
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Atop Ibajay's Mount Balinsasayaw
According to legend, Mount Balinsasayaw originates from the Philippine swiftlet (aerodramus mearnsi), an endemic bird species known for its unique dar...
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Caves and Falls around Panay Peninsula
The geographic terrain of the northwest Panay peninsula reveals fascinating nooks containing some of the most extensive and highest-quality lowland fo...
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Communicating the plight of the pardalote
We have been talking about the pardalote for a long time, but the story just gets more exciting and more interesting the more information we gather, w...
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2017 masl (Poetry)
Iss Bautista is an Aklan-born nature writer and poet whose works explore the intersection of ecology and self. A product of UP Diliman's Creative Writ...
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The tiny and tenacious 'forty-spot'
The forty-spot is such a special bird and Tasmania really needs to embrace this little gem, writes Dr Sally Bryant. This little bird is quintessential...
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Saving the forty-spotted pardalote
I can't let this species go. I can't not do everything within my capacity, says Dr Sally Bryant, talking about the plight of the critically-endangered...
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Threatened species: don't wait, act now
Threatened species is a very tough gig. You are working with species, plants and animals that are very much at the edge of their conservation life. It...
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A campaigner's life: taking the opportunities
When a young Lyn Goldsworthy was sent to a meeting during negotiations on establishing regulations for potential mining in Antarctica in the 1980s, sh...
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