Hakai Magazine Audio Edition

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 of giant tortoises.

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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 threatened by a booming LNG industry.

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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 invaders.

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Trapped in the Tide of Organized Crime

by Kimberley Brown • How Ecuador’s growing armed struggle is affecting its traditional crabbing communities.

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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. The only hitch? It’s illegal.

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Neighborhood Digs

by Brian Payton • On the Pacific Northwest coast—and around the world—community archaeology is helping people reconcile with each other and their history.

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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 making the Baltic Sea safer.

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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 same regulations and reporting as commercial airlines. How do you keep pilots and passengers safe?

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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 pollinators.

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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 Dillehay was always interested in so much more than an argument.

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