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Gerard Castles on place

Gerard Castles (1961 - 2025) was one of Tasmania's greatest thinkers and advocates for its wild places. Here he talks beautifully of the spiritual importance of place. 

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Kew Gardens and Inala team up for ancient Gondwanic species

Bruny Island conservationists, Inala and Kew Gardens in England are teaming up for the future of an ancient Gondwanic plant species.

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Forest Man

Since the 1970's Majuli islander Jadav Payeng has been planting trees in order to save his island. To date he has single handedly planted a forest larger than Central Park in New York.

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The Universe

Alec's Story about Arrokoth

We, as a species, have lost sight of what is an unbelievable place, that we live in and on. Here wilderness visionary and Kuno Director Alec Marr tells a story about Arrokoth, the object furthest from Earth that a spacecraft has ever visited, to make the point well.

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The Swift Parrot - An incredible bird

The Swift Parrot is a little bright green parrot, it's about 60 grams or so - about half the size of a Rosella, that flys at very high speeds - up to 88 kilometres an hour, making it the fasted parrot on planet Earth. It breeds in Tasmania and migrates across Bass Strait each year.

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A tale of the Laspur-Kumrat Trek

The tale of an incredible 5-day trek from Laspur. Through history, Laspur's mountain passes have played a pivotal role connecting Dir, Swat, Gilgit, Afghanistan, and Western and Eastern Turkistan.

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How to use Kuno

Kuno is your platform to share a love of Earth. Here is a simple guide for how to use it.

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The natural world is what sustains us

Bird advocate Lyndel Wilson reflects on the importance of connection with the natural world that sustains our livelihoods on this planet.

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Bruny Island nesting box project

The Bruny Island nesting box project provides nesting habitat for the critically endangered Forty-Spotted Pardalote and the Swift Parrot.

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Bruny Island launch: Dr Tonia Cochran on its global significance

In this series we'll introduce you to some key people involved in building the Bruny Island field guide. Here, Inala Nature Tours owner Dr Tonia Cochran talks about the island's unique ecology, threatened species and place in the world.

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Rising Earthkeepers: Youthful Hopes for a Sustainable Planet

The Eco-Adventure Camp empowers young Filipinos to connect with nature, build community, and lead meaningful environmental action.

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Growing up wild and healthy

For Friends of North Bruny Chair Simon Allston, his love of nature blossomed in his late teens, when his family moved to the bush and he was introduced to healthy eating and organic gardening. He has grown his own food ever since.

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Panay, Philippines

The triangle-shaped island of Panay is the sixth-largest of the Philippines archipelago, and has an amazing array of landscapes and biodiversity hotspots, including the Central Panay Mountain Range. As the fourth-most populous island of the Philippines, it is also facing conservation challenges.

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Woodland birds

We all need a good visual dose of the wonder of Nature sometimes, and we can't always get outside from behind the desk, to breathe it in. Here, we bring it to you, with these beautiful close-ups of our unique woodland bird species, photographed by Tasmanian bird ecologist Dr Eric Woehler (OAM). Take a moment and enjoy.

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Duco - redemption in nature

Imagery from the life of Duco, a Brazilian environmentalist, nature and bird-guide who found redemption in nature

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takayna / Tarkine

Takayna / Tarkine is a hugely diverse wild landscape with an extraordinary history. Largely unprotected this region has huge potential for national park and world heritage status.

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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah is home to the greatest collection of distinctive spire-shaped rock formations called hoodoos on Earth. Its super-ancient sediment layering dates back to the end of the Cretaceous period, more than 66 million years ago.

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Launching in Hobart

In another successful launch event for Kuno, a big crowd turned out in Hobart on the 1st of October 2024 to hear more about the project, meet the team behind the vision, hear from inspiring speakers and network with other Nature lovers. Thank you Hobart for your support!

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Mosman Wildlife

Dozens of species of native animals frequent the remnant moist gullies and bushland of the Mosman peninsula, from the Eastern Water Dragon to Peron's Tree Frog and the endangered Powerful Owl

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Wildlife of Chitral & Gilgit Baltistan

Snow leopards, golden marmot, markhor, golden eagles, lynx, and other wildlife species frequent the extraordinary region of Chitral & Gilgit Baltistan in Northern Pakistan

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The fairy tern: tiny beach nester

The fairy tern is a similar size to a hooded plover - so tiny, it would sit comfortably in the palm of your hand. They lay just two eggs, onto the beach sand. See these remarkable images from Tasmanian-based bird ecologist Dr Eric Woehler.

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Bruny Island - A Photographer's Paradise

Bruny Island is an island, off an island, off an island, surrounded by islands. Image: Nick Monk

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The Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree National Park was once described by early explorers as a “profitless locality” and that it “shall be forever unvisited”.
A bit of time, visitation by those with a more discerning eye and the efforts of a determined woman resulted in the protection of a treasured place.

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Pelagic Birds of Tasmania

Pelagic birds are birds that spend a large part of their life on the open ocean. These include the majestic Albatross, petrels and terns. This gallery of Pelagic birds by Marcio Conrado was taken off the Tasman Peninsula

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Wildlife of Chitral & Gilgit Baltistan

Snow leopards, golden marmot, markhor, golden eagles, lynx, and other wildlife species frequent the extraordinary region of Chitral & Gilgit Baltistan in Northern Pakistan

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Rockhopper penguins

The dramatic-looking rockhopper penguin is characterised by its red eyes, upright yellow head feathers along a supercilium stripe and a crest of black feathers on top. They are separated into three sub-species, photographer here by ecologist Dr Eric Woehler (OAM) and located around the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic zones.

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Duco - redemption in nature

Imagery from the life of Duco, a Brazilian environmentalist, nature and bird-guide who found redemption in nature

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Pelagic Birds of Tasmania

Pelagic birds are birds that spend a large part of their life on the open ocean. These include the majestic Albatross, petrels and terns. This gallery of Pelagic birds by Marcio Conrado was taken off the Tasman Peninsula

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Bruny Island Coastline

Bruny Island has an intricate, complex, beautiful and varied coastline, ranging from sheltered inlets, shallow bays, mudflats, lagoons, and grand sea-cliffs, through to long sandy ocean facing beaches.

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Dusky dolphin: ocean acrobat

The dusky dolphin is one of the smaller dolphin species with a maximum weight of about 85 kilograms and a length, of just over two metres. The dusky dolphin is a social species, known for its agility and coordinated acrobatic abilities.

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Mosman Wildlife

Dozens of species of native animals frequent the remnant moist gullies and bushland of the Mosman peninsula, from the Eastern Water Dragon to Peron's Tree Frog and the endangered Powerful Owl

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Dark Sky Sanctuaries

The aurora australis lights the skies of Southwest Tasmania. The next Dark Sky Sanctuary? Image: Dan Broun

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Panay, Philippines

The triangle-shaped island of Panay is the sixth-largest of the Philippines archipelago, and has an amazing array of landscapes and biodiversity hotspots, including the Central Panay Mountain Range. As the fourth-most populous island of the Philippines, it is also facing conservation challenges.

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Zion National Park, Utah

The two thousand-foot deep red sandstone canyon through Zion National Park is a majestic masterpiece, carved out over ancient time by the Virgin River. Known for its intense seasonal colours and dramatic vistas and established in 1919, Zion is Utah's first National Park.

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Launching in Hobart

In another successful launch event for Kuno, a big crowd turned out in Hobart on the 1st of October 2024 to hear more about the project, meet the team behind the vision, hear from inspiring speakers and network with other Nature lovers. Thank you Hobart for your support!

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Bruny Island - A Photographer's Paradise

Bruny Island is an island, off an island, off an island, surrounded by islands. Image: Nick Monk

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Bruny Nesting Box project

This project aims to provide critical nesting habitat for the endangered Forty-Spotted Pardalote
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Bruny Nesting Box project

This project aims to provide critical nesting habitat for the endangered Forty-Spotted Pardalote
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