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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Hunting Waves written by Luca Thalmann, aged 10
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Adventure Bay, view down beach

Why are beaches curved?

It seems like such a simple question, “why does a beach have a curve on it?”. Yet even small beaches have a curve. This is because the energy of a bea...
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Hobart launch: Director Dr Phill Pullinger on the power of Kuno's mission

Join the Kuno team in Hobart, Tasmania as they delve into the ideas and passion behind the project's vision. Here, Director and CEO Dr Phill Pullinger...
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Bruny Island Isthmus

Bruny - two islands joined by a Tombolo?

There is a theory that Bruny Island used to actually be two separate islands that became joined over time by a 'tombolo' - a narrow sandy isthmus that...
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Gooragal to Chowder Bay

The joy of bush regeneration

I can zone out, I can relax and just think about the world, think about nothing. 
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Dan Broun Loddons Forest

Hobart launch: writer Helen Cushing on how to contribute to Kuno

Storytelling has always been for me a way of helping people learn about Nature, and perhaps even learn to love Nature, says writer and journalist Hele...
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Emmeline Pankhurst National Portrait Gallery

Emmeline Pankhurst gives speech at Hartford

Gaining the right to vote for women took decades of dedicated effort to achieve. Here is a rendition of an electrifying speech by suffragette Emmeline...
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Adventure Bay Hall

Packed hall attends Bruny launch

On a wild windswept day, a packed Adventure Bay hall joined Inala, the Bruny Island Environment Network and Kuno's event "Crowdsourcing the Nature of ...
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Mouth of Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour – a river valley flooded in the last ice age

What is now Sydney Harbour, 12,000 years ago was a river valley that was drowned. Water flooded in and the sea level rose 120 metres
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Tasmania Oceans

And yet...

A mesmerising short piece by nature writer and essayist James Dryburgh on loss, grief and the agency over our own lives that we all carry. 
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Bees T Illy aged 7

World Bee Day: Science and outdoor learning go together like bees and honey

Young minds are innately curious about the world around them. So much is new, exciting, miraculous! And so it proved at World Bee Day on Bruny Island
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Hansons Beach Sandstone

Earth's history in Adventure Bay's rocks

At different parts of Adventure Bay you can find Sandstone that pre-dates life on Earth, to mudstone rich in fossils, to Dolerite cliffs that were onc...
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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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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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Tasmanian Marine life

Tasmania's marine environment is globally significant, with a rich mix of ecosystems and habitats fostering marine life found nowhere else on Earth

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The Birds of Chitral & Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

The diverse avifauna of Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, includes, but not limited to a fascinating array of species locally known by distinct names that reflect the region’s cultural and ecological identity. 

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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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Beautiful rocks of Kunanyi

Kunanyi is shaped by ancient dolerite rock formations, sculpted over millions of years by ice, wind and rain. From towering cliffs to scattered boulders and caves, these photographers captures its beauty. 

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The Frozen Continent

The wild and special continent of Antarctica - captured by outdoor educator and guide Ewan Blyth. 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Tasmanian Marine life

Tasmania's marine environment is globally significant, with a rich mix of ecosystems and habitats fostering marine life found nowhere else on Earth

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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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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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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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Dark Sky Sanctuaries

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

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Landscapes of Chitral & Gilgit-Baltistan

Mountains, valleys, alpine lakes and green pastures - the beauty of Chitral & Gilgit-Baltistan. 

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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.

Read more

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.

Read more

Projects by

Earthmob Outpost Hub: Let's build this together.

The Earthmob Outpost Hub project in Panay, Philippines is a small eco-working and creative space that will serve as the home of KUNO Earth and Baryo Balangaw Creative Initiatives. It brings together art, conservation, and community action to honor local...
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Bruny Biosphere project

Bruny Island (Nuenonne: lunawanna-alonnah) is a globally significant ecological ark. A haven for birdlife. A critical refuge for a myriad of rare and threatened species. Home to highly varied and exquisite Natural landscapes. An extraordinary rich microcosm of the Nature...
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Projects Contributed by

Bruny Biosphere project

Bruny Island (Nuenonne: lunawanna-alonnah) is a globally significant ecological ark. A haven for birdlife. A critical refuge for a myriad of rare and threatened species. Home to highly varied and exquisite Natural landscapes. An extraordinary rich microcosm of the Nature...
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Earthmob Outpost Hub: Let's build this together.

The Earthmob Outpost Hub project in Panay, Philippines is a small eco-working and creative space that will serve as the home of KUNO Earth and Baryo Balangaw Creative Initiatives. It brings together art, conservation, and community action to honor local...
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