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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.

  • A teenaged Yupik boy holds a whaling harpoon
    A Teen Whaler in the Age of Cyberbullies

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

  • an group of women and girls standing outside a cottage on the island of Inishbofin during the Irish Famine
    Hunger’s Children

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

  • illustration of spawning nassau grouper
    How Many Countries Does it Take to Save a Fish?

    All of them—which makes conservation difficult when your neighbors keep poaching.

  • Mexican Fishing Bats
  • A Teen Whaler in the Age of Cyberbullies
  • Hunger’s Children
  • How Many Countries Does it Take to Save a Fish?

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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

Green Crabs Are Officially Delicious
Jul 26, 2017 | 650 words
Article - Short

Commodifying a harmful invader with technology typically used to pulverize chicken meat.

Eat, Love, Pay
Jul 24, 2017 | 550 words
Article - Short

Hilsa are small fish with a huge fan base, and people will pay to protect them. 

A Healthy Ocean Needs Viruses
Jul 21, 2017 | 550 words
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And the more we learn about them, the weirder they get.

Reimagining the History of Human Migration With a 65,000-Year-Old Find
Jul 19, 2017 | 1,000 words
Article - Short

An ax and some sparkly paint could change the ancient human travelogue.

Feeding the Virgins
Jul 17, 2017 | 800 words
Article - Short

The US Virgin Islands are vulnerable to food shortages, but two innovative agricultural projects are getting things growing.

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Features

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
Features

All of them—which makes conservation difficult when your neighbors keep poaching.

Watts in the Water
Jun 27, 2017 | 5,000 words
Features

Our oceans contain enough energy to power the planet—if we could just get our hands on it.

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.

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Videos & Visuals

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,...

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.

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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
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
Article - Short

New research reveals how the North Pacific’s wrong whale escaped exploitation during whaling’s heyday.

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