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Growing up surrounded by science Cat Young South Africa 2

Growing up surrounded by science

Bird ecologist Dr Catherine Young always said she wouldn't follow in her brother's footsteps, into environmental science. But growing up in South Afri...
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Why is the sand finest at the top of a beach? Wave Crashing on Neck Beach with Fluted Cape

Why is the sand finest at the top of a beach?

When a waves come in, there is an enormous amount of energy, but it loses that energy as it sweeps up the beach, dropping heavier particles first and ...
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'The Fallen Star' H A Correa The Cylinder HC

'The Fallen Star'

The Sandpit is famous for its role in 'The War of the Worlds', serving as the site where 'the fallen star' lands. 
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Lake Malbena

Lake Malbena is the heart of Tasmania's Western Lakes wilderness in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park. The lake was carved out of the surrounding l...
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Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- Swift Parrots Fight Back  written by Rasa Jangala aged, 9yrs 
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Farmer of the white gums White gum manna bryant

Farmer of the white gums

The forty-spotted pardalote is one of Australia's most endangered birds and is only found in tiny pockets of white gum woodland on Tasmania's east coa...
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize Swift Parrot profile Rob Blakers

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Willow's story, a swift parrot story written by Sharna Phoenix aged 14
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry-Swift Parrots written by Tilly, aged 7
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Adventures at "Chock Rock"

Bruny Island off the South-East Coast of Tasmania holds an exquisitely intact marine ecosystem. This short film supported by the Bruny Kids and Nature...
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Bruny Youth Story Prize Pink Robin Tasmania

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- All That Remains, a poem written by Erin Beard, aged 16
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The Lancet Planetary Health Diet Nadine primeau healthy food

The Lancet Planetary Health Diet

The Lancet "Food in the Anthropocene" study was a ground-breaking paper on eating healthily from sustainable food systems in the 21st century.
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A lifelong love for wildlife Tasmanian Devil 31579

A lifelong love for wildlife

Dr Eric Woehler has been asked a few times where his passion and interest came from. He grew up in Hobart in a caring home, but nature wasn’t somethin...
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Pelagic Birds of Tasmania

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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'Fjällen' - the Swedish Mountains

'Fjällen' - the Swedish Mountains

The Scandinavian mountain range, the Scandes, runs through the border between Sweden and Norway. It covers most of Norway and stretches into the north-west regions of Sweden. These mountainous areas form some of Sweden's most remarkable wilderness.

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Bruny Island Coastline

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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Woodland birds

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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Beautiful rocks of Kunanyi

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 fairy tern: tiny beach nester

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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Dusky dolphin: ocean acrobat

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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Black Bluff & Winterbrook

Black Bluff & Winterbrook

Black Bluff and Winterbrook are two jewels on the north coast of Tasmania. 

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Wildlife of Antarctica

Wildlife of Antarctica

Antartica, the Southern Ocean and the sub-Antarctic islands host a rich variety of extraordinary life, including penguins, seals, and whales

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The Birds of Chitral & Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

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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Mosman Wildlife

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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takayna / Tarkine

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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Sweden by winter

Sweden by winter

The winter in Sweden is long, dark and hard. But also incredibly beautiful. 

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Wildlife of Chitral & Gilgit Baltistan

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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Pelagic Birds of Tasmania

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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Dark Sky Sanctuaries

Dark Sky Sanctuaries

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

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The fairy tern: tiny beach nester

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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Dusky dolphin: ocean acrobat

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

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

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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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

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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Zion National Park, Utah

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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