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Publications

Hakai Magazine

Science

Raising Baby Sharks from the Dead

Biologists are rescuing baby sharks and skates from recently caught females, giving the unborn a chance at survival.

Claudia Geib Hakai Magazine Oct 2021 15min Permalink

World

The Quest for a Floating Utopia

Can casting away from established society to inhabit sea-based colonies save us from the problems of modern life—or are we bound to repeat our mistakes?

Boyce Upholt Hakai Magazine Apr 2021 25min Permalink

Health

Mental Health and the Modern Fisherman

A notoriously brutal industry is slowly building supports for its workers.

Christina Couch Hakai Magazine Mar 2021 15min Permalink

Science

Where Now Grizzly Bear?

After centuries of persecution, brown bears are showing up in some unexpected places.

Brian Payton Hakai Magazine Jan 2021 15min Permalink

Science

On Knowing the Winged Whale

Humpbacks are some of the most watched whales in the world, and yet so much of their lives remains a mystery.

Bruce Grierson Hakai Magazine Jul 2020 25min Permalink

History

Treasure Fever

The discovery of a legendary, lost shipwreck in North America has pitted treasure hunters and archaeologists against each other, raising questions about who should control sunken riches.

Jill Neimark Hakai Magazine Jan 2020 25min Permalink

History

The Symbolic Seashell

On the meaning of an ancient practice: collecting seashells.

Krista Langlois Hakai Magazine Oct 2019 15min Permalink

Science

The Rat Spill

A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.

Sarah Gilman Hakai Magazine Aug 2019 20min Permalink

Science

Herschel, the Very Hungry Sea Lion

It’s dangerous to blame the decline of one species on a single predator. We humans like to do it anyway.

Katherine Gammon Hakai Magazine Oct 2018 15min Permalink

Travel

Hawaii's Last Outlaw Hippies

They’ve built a hidden society in a state park. Among the haole squatters of Kalalau.

Brendan Borrell Hakai Magazine Feb 2018 Permalink

Science

The Lunar Sea

How moonlight drives life in the ocean.

Ferris Jabr Hakai Magazine Jun 2017 10min Permalink

History Science

The Secret History of Bioluminescence

On the longstanding human fascination with a light source we could borrow but not share.

Ferris Jabr Hakai Magazine May 2016 10min Permalink

World

Landlocked Islanders

Displaced from the Marshall Islands, residents build a new life in Oklahoma.

Krista Langlois Hakai Magazine Nov 2015 15min Permalink