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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:08 UTC

Scientists have long thought that horseshoe crabs only spawn on beaches. Now, new research shows that salt marshes also make good habitat—a discovery with important implications for these economically important species. 🐎👟🦀

By Lydia Larsen

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 16:23 UTC

The grindadráp (or grind) is a Faroese tradition of killing pilot whales for meat and blubber. Now, the centuries-old practice draws ire from animal rights activists.

By Paige Cromley.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:56 UTC

Dentist Martin Nweeia spends much of his time studying one particular tooth—the narwhal tusk. 🦄🐳🦷

Reprinted with permission from Knowable.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:35 UTC

"Seeing this baby bobbing up and down in the dark water, paddling for its life, I felt sobered by its odds of survival: only about one in 1,000 sea turtles reaches maturity."

Image by Grant Thomas.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:59 UTC

Happy 4th of July to our American readers!
Throwing back to this story about tracking the travels of bald eagles. 🦅

By Isabelle Groc.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 20:18 UTC

Since 1977, scientists had only identified 77 whale falls across the world’s oceans, but a recent effort uncovered a startling density of them off the coast of Los Angeles, California. 🐋🦴🔍

By @dmain.bsky.social.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 23:25 UTC

Over the past century, barred owls have swooped across North America, inspiring wonder, admiration, and fear about the future of other owls. Their story is complicated, as are the labels people attach to them. 🦉

By @judeisabella.bsky.social

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 16:42 UTC

The books in our summer reading roundup are not just about pretty pictures; they're a launch pad for critical thinking.

By Adrienne Mason.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 20:14 UTC

For decades, scientists have known that storing logs in an estuary kills marine life—why does British Columbia still allow it?

By Larry Pynn.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 21:38 UTC

When a shark is born prematurely, salt water is toxic to its tiny body. A preemie baby shark can’t its regulate the salt levels and often die, so researchers in Japan built an artificial uterus to simulate a mother shark’s womb.

By Claudia Geib.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 17:51 UTC

A new study shows how two male morphs of fish have different ways of spilling their milt.

By Marina Wang.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 18:21 UTC

India is routinely hit by devastating floods. To prevent the country’s rivers from overflowing, the government is looking to reengineer how water runs around the nation. It’s a grandiose plan with the potential for unintended consequences.

By Sushmita Pathak.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 19:49 UTC

On the Ulithi atoll, in Micronesia, some reefs are getting smothered by a single type of weedy super coral.

By Fanny Szakal.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 21:08 UTC

Ocean alkalinity enhancement—antacids for the sea—promises to help combat climate change. But uproar around a pilot project in St. Ives Bay raises an important question: who gets to decide where climate change projects are implemented?

By Yannic Rack.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 17:19 UTC

A new study predicts that many coastal New Zealanders with be losing their home insurance within 25 years.

By Monica Evans.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 18:52 UTC

A social media network has emerged as sailors find themselves unwittingly involved in the shadow fleet—clandestine tankers that smuggle oil for Russia or Iran. For seafarers, it's become a way to avoid helping the other side of a war.

By Nathaniel Peutherer.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 18:22 UTC

Watch your step! Researchers use a fake foot to determine how stingrays react when they come in contact with people. 🦶 🚷

By @kategammon.bsky.social.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 06:54 UTC

Congratulations Serena!🥳

Read her story here:
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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 17:21 UTC

"This little driftfish immediately caught my eye with its cunning use of a gelatinous invertebrate for cover. I quickly snapped a photo of the fish, which looked a bit like a UFO pilot navigating the otherworldly depths."

By Michael Patrick O'Neill.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 17:24 UTC

An Australian organization is taking “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” to heart by using trash to clean up ghost gear.

By @clarewatson.bsky.social

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 19:13 UTC

Cruise ships and tour boats beware: As the planet warms, glacial cliff faces are collapsing and causing tsunamis in Alaska's bays and fjords.

By @csbelliott.bsky.social.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 16:52 UTC

Underwater noise from ships has gotten louder, reshaping marine ecosystems and the individual lives of animals. Can we shush our ships?

An adapted excerpt from the new book "Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water" by Amorina Kingdon.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

Through Marine Protected Areas, First Nations are managing their coastal territories in response to colonization. @thetyee.ca has created a list of stories from 10 news outlets that explain how.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 16:52 UTC

The Pacific Northwest's wetlands are stunningly effective at soaking up carbon from the atmosphere. But before we can know just how much, the wetlands must be put on the map—no easy task.

By Natalia Mesa.
Reprinted from @highcountrynews.bsky.social.

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Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine.com [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 17:11 UTC

Filled with blubber, a beluga’s melon is squishy with good bounce. Researchers investigate how for belugas, the message is in the melon. 🐳🍈

By Marina Wang and Mercedes Minck.

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