by Kevin Gepford • On the Galapagos’ most developed island, researchers are tracking a growing threat to the millennia-old migration routes of giant tortoises. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Laura Trethewey • Decades after they were hunted to local extinction, fin whales are recovering in the Kitimat fjord system—only to be threatened by a booming LNG industry. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Jude Isabella • Non-native pink salmon have swarmed Norway’s rivers, prompting a relentless—and questionable—fight to beat back the invaders. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Kimberley Brown • How Ecuador’s growing armed struggle is affecting its traditional crabbing communities. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Daniel Shailer • Vaquita have long been collateral damage for Mexico’s totoaba fishers, but conservationists believe there’s a solution. The only hitch? It’s illegal. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Brian Payton • On the Pacific Northwest coast—and around the world—community archaeology is helping people reconcile with each other and their history. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Paul Hockenos • The ocean became a dumping ground for weapons after Allied forces defeated the Nazis. Now a team of robots and divers are making the Baltic Sea safer. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Barbara Peterson • Floatplanes are ubiquitous on the coast and indispensable for remote communities, but they don’t need to follow the same regulations and reporting as commercial airlines. How do you keep pilots and passengers safe? The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Anne Casselman • Biologists are finding new bee species all over the Pacific Northwest—highlighting how little we know about native pollinators. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Ann Finkbeiner • It took a mountain of data to shake off the skeptics and rewrite the history of human migrations, but archaeologist Tom Dillehay was always interested in so much more than an argument. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Lisa S. Gardiner • Researchers are restoring the Caribbean’s surprising, spiky custodians, which gobble up the algae smothering coral reefs. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Brian Payton • More and bigger cruise ships are crowding coastal destinations. When is enough, enough? Who gets to decide? Originally published in August 2019, the story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Jack Thompson • Multinational companies funded a US $4.4-million carbon offset project. Senegalese locals did much of the work—and saw almost none of the money. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Paige Cromley • A centuries-old traditional whale hunt in the Faroe Islands remains in the crosshairs of animal rights activists. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Jude Isabella • Over the past 80 years, one of the most resilient and hearty owls has practically engulfed a continent. Not everyone is pleased. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Larry Pynn • For decades, scientists have known that allowing the timber industry to store logs in estuaries kills marine life. Why does British Columbia still permit it? The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Yannic Rack • Uproar over an ocean alkalinity enhancement pilot project in St. Ives Bay raises an important question: who gets to decide where climate change projects are tested? The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Katharine Gammon • A California researcher and his team simulate stepping on round rays to learn more about how, why, and when the animals strike. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Sarah Gilman • A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats. Originally published in August 2019, the story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Krista Langlois • On a storied stretch of Mexico’s Baja peninsula, locals fight rich outsiders and rampant development that threaten to transform the coast and dry up aquifers. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Madeline Ostrander • Amid an uptick in wildfires, scientists search for lessons on how to save old-growth from a fiery future. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Andrew Chapman • New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial whaling technology. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Stephen Strauss • Forget rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, you’re more likely to get Lyme disease on the island. Originally published in August 2016, the story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Brandon Keim • Little-appreciated, semiaquatic, and cute-as-hell, muskrats can survive almost anywhere. So where are they? The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Sasha Chapman • Our global food system discards 46 million tonnes of fish each year. Why? Originally published in July 2019, the story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Paul Greenberg • As the Great Salt Lake in Utah shrinks, locals are working to preserve its critical brine shrimp fishery—along with the other entities that flourish in the lake’s strange, saline beauty. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Ben Goldfarb • Millions of killer culverts lurk beneath North American roadways, strangling populations of migratory fish. Now with a nationwide project, the United States is trying to fix them. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Tommy Trenchard • Villagers hang onto the last patch of Sierra Leone’s Nyangai Island, knowing that their home may soon disappear. The original story, along with many photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Trina Moyles • Active in daylight during the Arctic summer and hibernating during the long winter nights, Alaska’s little brown bats are a unique population. Can their niche lives help them avoid white-nose syndrome? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Moira Donovan • As dams come down on the Skutik River, the once-demonized alewife—a fish beloved by the Passamaquoddy—gets a second chance at life. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Brian Payton • How scientists, volunteers, and incarcerated women are finding hope and metamorphosis through supporting a struggling butterfly. The original story, along with gorgeous photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Marina Wang • With little enforcement or legal culpability, social media helps wildlife trafficking thrive in plain sight. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Madeline Ostrander • For 35 years, a scientist and his team have been taking the pulse of 10 coastal glaciers. The diagnosis is in. Originally published in July 2019, the story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Megan Gannon • In Alaska, residents are negotiating a contentious relationship with musk oxen, which were introduced to the area decades ago without local consent. This story was originally published by High Country News, a magazine about the American West’s environment and communities, and is reproduced here with permission.…

by Sarah Tory • A detective’s quest reveals how one idealistic fisheries observer may have collided with criminals and desperate migrants—and paid for it with his life. Originally published in July 2019, the story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Santiago Flórez • The rich fossil deposits in Colombia’s mountains could unlock a deeper understanding of ancient oceans—and the country’s paleontologists are struggling to do them justice. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Paul Greenberg • Or how modern sport fishing threatens a timeless tradition. Originally published in June 2015 the story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Brendan Borrell • The Pacific coast’s only native oyster is making a comeback, but it still needs a little help from its friends. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Jeremy Miller • Diseases from land animals are killing marine mammals at an alarming rate. Can we stem the flow of feces? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

In May 2021 Hakai Magazine published a five-episode mini podcast called The Sound Aquatic. While our team has a break over the holidays, we’re bringing you that series. Here’s the final episode, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.” By now, we know the ocean is anything but silent. Fish grunt, whales moan, reefs roar with the deafening sound of sn…

In May 2021 Hakai Magazine published a five-episode mini podcast called The Sound Aquatic. While our team has a break over the holidays, we’re bringing you that series. Here’s the fourth episode, “Learning to Speak Whale.” “Culture” is a tricky thing to define—anthropologists still don’t totally agree what comes under its umbrella. But by any measu…

In May 2021 Hakai Magazine published a five-episode mini podcast called The Sound Aquatic. While our team has a break over the holidays, we’re bringing you that series. Here’s the third episode, “Plenty of Fish.” Ah, l’amour. Finding a mate is a big part of life for all animals and those beneath the waves are no exception. Of course, this search fo…

In May 2021 Hakai Magazine published a five-episode mini podcast called The Sound Aquatic. While our team has a break over the holidays, we’re bringing you that series. Here’s the second episode, “How Not to Get Lost in the Ocean.” Sound travels far underwater. And it travels fast, too—about four and a half times faster than it does through air. So…

In May 2021 Hakai Magazine published a five-episode mini podcast called The Sound Aquatic. While our team has a break over the holidays, we’re bringing you that series. Here’s the first episode, “Can You Hear Me Now?” When Elin Kelsey and the producers of The Sound Aquatic podcast first gathered in early 2020 to create a podcast about ocean sounds,…

by Tyee Bridge • In Seattle, Singapore, and other waterfront cities around the world, engineers are creating life-enhancing designs to encourage marine biodiversity. Originally published in May 2019, the story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Adam Robertson Charlton • As conflict rages around them, Ukrainian conservationists persevere in restoring the Danube Delta, one of Europe’s most prized ecosystems. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Yao-Hua Law • Sea turtle excluder devices are simple. Getting them adopted is anything but. Originally published in May 2019, the story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Moira Donovan • In a dark, unexplored layer of ocean, a hidden cache of fish might play an unexpected role in our climate’s future. It seems like a bad time for a new fishery. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Brian Payton • Canada jays thrive in the cold. The life’s work of one biologist gives us clues as to how they’ll fare in a hotter world. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine

by Elin Kelsey • Insights into epigenetics and inheritance show that some organisms can adapt to a changing world. Originally published in April 2019, the story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.By Hakai Magazine