Episodes
![How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/instagram-icelandic-whales_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday May 07, 2024
How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
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.
![Rebroadcast: Ticked Off on Martha’s Vineyard](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/audio-ticks-marthas-vineyards_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Rebroadcast: Ticked Off on Martha’s Vineyard
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
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.
![The Waning Reign of the Wetland Architect We Barely Know (Hint, Not a Beaver)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/instagram-muskrat-love_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
The Waning Reign of the Wetland Architect We Barely Know (Hint, Not a Beaver)
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
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.
![Rebroadcast: Wasted](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/audio-edition-fish-waste_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Rebroadcast: Wasted
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
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.
![Saving a Sea Monkey Sanctuary](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/instagram-little-shrimp-that-cant-anymore_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Saving a Sea Monkey Sanctuary
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
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.
![Light at the End of the Tunnel](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/instagram-cash-for-culverts_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
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.
![The Water Is Eating the Island](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/instagram-nyangai_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
The Water Is Eating the Island
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
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.
![Bats of the Midnight Sun](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/instagram-alaska-brown-bats_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Bats of the Midnight Sun
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
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.
![Dammed but Not Doomed](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/instagram-skutik-dam_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Dammed but Not Doomed
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
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.
![The Butterfly Redemption](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1963808/instagram-saving-taylors-checkerspot_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
The Butterfly Redemption
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
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.