The Fleet-Winged Ghosts of Greenland
by Caroline Van Hemert • A mysterious population of peregrine falcons in the Far North has inspired environmental action and scientific rese...
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Hakai Magazine explores science, society, and the environment from a coastal perspective. This audio edition showcases readings of our long-form feature stories. New episodes are typically p...
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20 of 405 episodesThe Secret Sex Lives of Deep, Dark Corals
by Christian Elliott • A unique fjord in Chilean Patagonia gives scientists a chance to unlock the reproductive secrets of cold-water corals...
For the Love of a Little Sea
by Olive Heffernan • The birthplace of experimental marine biology is in decline. Will Ireland rally to save it? The original story can be f...
Finding Food and Solace in the Intertidal
by Emma Marris • On the complex pleasures of harvesting shellfish with the people you love. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine...
The Slow-Motion Destruction of Tortoises’ Slow-Motion Migration
by Kevin Gepford • On the Galapagos’ most developed island, researchers are tracking a growing threat to the millennia-old migration routes...
The Coming Collision Between Whales and Tankers on British Columbia’s Coast
by Laura Trethewey • Decades after they were hunted to local extinction, fin whales are recovering in the Kitimat fjord system—only to be th...
Where the Rivers Run Pink
by Jude Isabella • Non-native pink salmon have swarmed Norway’s rivers, prompting a relentless—and questionable—fight to beat back the invad...
Trapped in the Tide of Organized Crime
by Kimberley Brown • How Ecuador’s growing armed struggle is affecting its traditional crabbing communities. The original story can be found...
The Poachers Who Could Save Mexico’s Vaquita
by Daniel Shailer • Vaquita have long been collateral damage for Mexico’s totoaba fishers, but conservationists believe there’s a solution....
Neighborhood Digs
by Brian Payton • On the Pacific Northwest coast—and around the world—community archaeology is helping people reconcile with each other and...
The Big Baltic Bomb Cleanup
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...
Safety and Seaplanes
by Barbara Peterson • Floatplanes are ubiquitous on the coast and indispensable for remote communities, but they don’t need to follow the sa...
Here a Bee, There a Bee, Everywhere a Wild Bee
by Anne Casselman • Biologists are finding new bee species all over the Pacific Northwest—highlighting how little we know about native polli...
Encounters with the Maverick Archaeologist of the Americas
by Ann Finkbeiner • It took a mountain of data to shake off the skeptics and rewrite the history of human migrations, but archaeologist Tom...
The Very Hungry Urchins
by Lisa S. Gardiner • Researchers are restoring the Caribbean’s surprising, spiky custodians, which gobble up the algae smothering coral ree...
Rebroadcast: Leviathans in the Harbor
by Brian Payton • More and bigger cruise ships are crowding coastal destinations. When is enough, enough? Who gets to decide? Originally pub...
The Social Cost of Carbon Credits
by Jack Thompson • Multinational companies funded a US $4.4-million carbon offset project. Senegalese locals did much of the work—and saw al...
Blood in the Water, Food on the Table, Protestors on the Shore
by Paige Cromley • A centuries-old traditional whale hunt in the Faroe Islands remains in the crosshairs of animal rights activists. The ori...
The Owls Who Came From Away
by Jude Isabella • Over the past 80 years, one of the most resilient and hearty owls has practically engulfed a continent. Not everyone is p...
The Estuary Smothered by a Thousand Logs
by Larry Pynn • For decades, scientists have known that allowing the timber industry to store logs in estuaries kills marine life. Why does...