Hakai Magazine Audio Edition

The Lunar Sea

by Ferris Jabr

The moon influences life in a surprising and subtle way: with its light.

In The Land Of Lost Gardens

by Heather Pringle

Tireless in her quest, ethnobotanist Nancy Turner works with indigenous elders to preserve plant knowledge dating back to the First People in the New World.

Unique Language of Newfoundland

by Emily Urquhart

Isolated in the North Atlantic, the people of Newfoundland and Labrador developed a subtle and beautiful lexicon to describe their environment.

The Shellfish Gene

by Amorina Kingdon and Patrick Daley

How shellfish farmers are leaning on genes to unmask the secrets of mussels, scallops, and oysters.

Reef Avengers

by Theodora Sutcliffe

Indonesia’s reefs have been poisoned or blasted to smithereens by the very people who depend on them the most. Now islanders are working to restore the coral, and recover the resources they’ve lost, piece by piece.

Crocodiles Rising

by Shanna Baker

In the Northern Territory of Australia, policymakers and biologists managed the impossible—making the benefits of living with a booming population of deadly crocodiles outweigh the risks. But when two apex predators must share coastal resources, there’s bound to be conflict.

Drawing Meaning from Death, One Seabird at a Time

by Larry Pynn

In the Pacific Northwest, the diligence of citizen scientists is shedding light on the lives, and deaths, of seabirds.

Bandits On The Beach

by Jude Isabella

What island raccoons tell us about fear.

Embracing the Weirdness

by Jude Isabella

The drought in California has created an obsession with water, but sometimes, no water is just fine.

Pool-landia

by Egill Bjarnason

For 70 years, Iceland has kept afloat the idea that mandatory swimming lessons save lives, but the policy doesn’t hold water.