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    The Power of Compassion

    Why humpback whales rescue seals and why volunteering for beach cleanups improves your health.

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    Braving an Antarctic winter to catch Chilean sea bass in the act.

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    Mexican Fishing Bats

    In the Sea of Cortez, researchers delve into the mystery of a bat that makes its living at sea.

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    A Teen Whaler in the Age of Cyberbullies

    Internet death threats hound a young Alaskan after a successful hunt.

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Dolphins Master Decapitation
Aug 17, 2017 | 450 words
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In the Gulf of Mexico, dolphins have learned a deadly new trick.

Invasive Lionfish May Be Superfish Hybrids
Aug 16, 2017 | 750 words
Article - Short

The fish taking over the Caribbean is a hybrid of two Indo-Pacific lionfish species.

Out of the Frying Pan, into the Wetlands
Aug 14, 2017 | 800 words
Article - Short

Lucky horseshoe crabs get moved away from areas where they’re on the menu.

Breaking. Bad?
Aug 11, 2017 | 700 words
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New research shows there’s life in the wake of Antarctica’s crack epidemic.

Did Climate Change Bring Down Late Bronze Age Civilizations?
Aug 10, 2017 | 1,000 words
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Marine archaeologists excavating the eastern Mediterranean are learning how the Bronze Age Mycenaean, Egyptian, and Anatolian Empires fell.

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Features

The Power of Compassion
Aug 15, 2017 | 2,100 words
Features

Why humpback whales rescue seals and why volunteering for beach cleanups improves your health.

Peeping in on the Mile Deep Club
Aug 8, 2017 | 2,200 words
Features

Braving an Antarctic winter to catch Chilean sea bass in the act.

A Teen Whaler in the Age of Cyberbullies
Jul 20, 2017 | 2,800 words
Features

Internet death threats hound a young Alaskan after a successful hunt.

Hunger’s Children
Jul 18, 2017 | 2,400 words
Features

Fleeing the Irish Famine, some immigrants brought their islands with them to North America.

How Many Countries Does it Take to Save a Fish?
Jul 11, 2017 | 5,000 words
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All of them—which makes conservation difficult when your neighbors keep poaching.

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Videos & Visuals

Kissing Bergs and Dancing the Innu Shuffle
Jul 31, 2017
Photo Essay

Reflections from a journey spanning St. John’s to Nain on Canada’s east coast.

Mexican Fishing Bats
Jul 25, 2017 | 6 min
Video

In the Sea of Cortez, researchers delve into the mystery of a bat that makes its living at sea.

Eau Canada
Jun 30, 2017
Infographic

We have the longest coastline in the world and the best stories (sorry).

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,...

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Quick Reads

Not Your Average Beach House
Jul 6, 2017 | 850 words
Article - Short

Forget rebar or prestressed lumber—the sea provides a bounty of alternative construction materials.

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
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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.

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