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    Auditing the Blue Blood Bank

    Horseshoe crabs have been saving our species—are we endangering theirs?

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    The Lunar Sea

    The moon influences life in a surprising and subtle way: with its light.

  • Ethnobotanist Nancy Turner
    In the Land of Lost Gardens

    Tireless in her quest, ethnobotanist Nancy Turner works with indigenous elders to preserve plant knowledge dating back to the First People in the New World.

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    Here Be White Bears

    While dragons and other mythical beasts marked the charts of early mariners, Renaissance maps were illustrated with images—part fantasy and part fact—of polar bears.

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Hakai Magazine explores science, society, and the environment from a coastal perspective. The magazine is funded by the Tula Foundation, which also funds the Hakai Institute, but remains editorially independent.

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News & Views

This Cuttlefish’s Secret Trick: Pretending to Be a Crab
Jun 23, 2017 | 700 words
Article - Short

Cephalopods really are the masters of misdirection.

1,000 Kilometers from the Coast, Bears Gorge on Ocean Fish
Jun 22, 2017 | 650 words
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Salmon fuels British Columbia’s coastal ecosystems—but the fish’s power extends far inland.

Quiet Please, the Fish Are Flirting
Jun 21, 2017 | 600 words
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Fish that fart together stay together.

Corals Keep a Record of Ocean Pollution
Jun 19, 2017 | 500 words
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Changes in nitrogen runoff are reflected in coral reef growth.

Meet the Sunfish’s Cuter, Faster, More Agile Cousin
Jun 16, 2017 | 700 words
Article - Short

It’s a miniature version of the ocean’s derpiest fish.

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Features

Coastal Books to Keep the Kids Busy This Summer
Jun 15, 2017 | 1,400 words
Features

From the Shark Lady to refugees who traveled by sea, this season’s stories are sure to inspire.

The Lunar Sea
Jun 13, 2017 | 2,300 words
Features

The moon influences life in a surprising and subtle way: with its light.

In the Land of Lost Gardens
Jun 6, 2017 | 3,000 words
Features

Tireless in her quest, ethnobotanist Nancy Turner works with indigenous elders to preserve plant knowledge dating back to the First People in the...

Throwing Dead Fish for Fun and Ecological Profit
Jun 1, 2017 | 1,600 words
Features

Chucking chum and coho carcasses into a salmon-spawning stream supports more than just an ecosystem.

Here Be White Bears
May 30, 2017 | 1,600 words
Features

While dragons and other mythical beasts marked the charts of early mariners, Renaissance maps were illustrated with images—part fantasy and part...

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Videos & Visuals

Auditing the Blue Blood Bank
Jun 20, 2017 | 6 min 30 sec
Video

Horseshoe crabs have been saving our species—are we endangering theirs?

Plastics Without Borders
Jun 8, 2017
Infographic

The theme of World Oceans Day is plastic pollution prevention. From the shores of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the floor of the Baltic Sea,...

The Gondola Maker
May 11, 2017 | 4 min 30 sec
Video

Venice’s gondolas are sleek in style, specific in design, and steeped in history.

Life Interstitial
Apr 28, 2017
Infographic

What does it take to live between the grains of sand?

Here Be Tiny Dragons (and Other Micro Beasts)
Apr 18, 2017 | 4 min 50 sec
Video

Researchers reveal the microscopic life in between the grains of sediment.

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Quick Reads

Starring Sea Monsters
Jun 9, 2017 | 550 words
Article - Short

Sci-fi flicks from the 1950s and ’60s responded to the threat of nuclear war with villains from the sea.

The Path of the Unseen Whale
Apr 25, 2017 | 500 words
Article - Short

Just as a hunter leaves a trail in the snow, a whale forms prints on the water’s surface.

Hakai Magazine Turns Two!
Apr 21, 2017 | 250 words
Article - Short

To celebrate, here are our most popular stories from our second year of publishing.

The Wrong Whale In All The Right Ways
Apr 1, 2017 | 500 words
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New research reveals how the North Pacific’s wrong whale escaped exploitation during whaling’s heyday.

Book Review: Iep Jāltok
Mar 17, 2017 | 500 words
Article - Short

A poetry collection explores the stories of the Marshallese people and the fallout of the US military’s nuclear testing on the islands.

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