Hakai Magazine Audio Edition

by Jude Isabella • What island raccoons tell us about fear. The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Lorraine Boissoneault • Fueled by agricultural runoff, rotting seaweed on Brittany’s beaches is becoming an environmental and public health emergency. The  original story , along with photos, can be found on  hakaimagazine.com .

by Ann Finkbeiner • Jane Lubchenco helped change the field of ecology by making the science useful to society. The  original story , along with photos, can be found on  hakaimagazine.com .

by Christopher Pollon • Remembering one of North America’s last whaling stations. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Jude Isabella • The drought in California has created an obsession with water, but sometimes, no water is just fine. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Jill Neimark • 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. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Brian Payton • Awesome in theory, often messy in practice. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

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. The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Larry Pynn • One man’s spirited commitment to an underappreciated bird. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Sonali Prasad • After the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, aid agencies promised to rebuild Indonesia “better.” Fifteen years later, their failures are all too obvious. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Sasha Chapman • Moving burial grounds before the sea takes them away is painstaking and expensive. Why do we do it? The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Andrew Nikiforuk and Amorina Kingdon • The history of influenza as a global disease is inextricably tied to steamships and the expansion of world trade. A war demonstrated how big a pandemic could get. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Claire Eamer • The fleece that launched 1,000 ships. The  original story , along with photos, can be found on  hakaimagazine.com .

by Lina Zeldovich • As Westerners condemn live whale shows, Russia hunts and sells killer whales to Chinese amusement parks. The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Greg Noone • A tiny, uninhabitable islet in the North Atlantic has become an unlikely battleground in the fight for fishing rights. The  original story , along with video and photos, can be found on  hakaimagazine.com .

by Krista Langlois • Collecting seashells is as old as humanity. What we do with them can reveal who we are, where we’re from, and what we believe. The original story , along with video and photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Heather Pringle • How a toxic debate over the first Americans hobbled science for decades. The  original story , along with photos and video, can be found on  hakaimagazine.com .    

by Sarah Gilman • These infamous clams are invading new areas, buoyed by climate change and the 2011 tsunami in Japan. The  original story , along with photos, can be found on  hakaimagazine.com .

by Alastair Bland • A loophole in California law is letting fishers who repeatedly catch great white sharks off the hook. The  original story , along with photos, can be found on  hakaimagazine.com .

by Larry Pynn • A necropsy carried out on a remote British Columbia beach seeks to answer how a young humpback died. The original story , along with video and photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

This week we bring you something slightly different: the first episode of Hakai Magazine's first podcast! Did you know ship ballast from the United Kingdom built Manhattan? Or some of it. This was one of the enticing tidbits that got us very interested in ballast and we decided to delve in. A podcast on ballast? Sure, why not! If you like what you hear, subscribe to Ballast wherever you listen to...

by Larry Pynn • A Second World War-era shipwreck is a haunting reminder that you can never fully clean up an oil spill. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Cheryl Katz • Hunting and eating puffins are Icelandic traditions. But for how much longer? Originally published in January 2017, this story explores the declining seabird populations in Iceland and the effect on traditional Icelandic culture. The  original story , along with photos, can be found on https://www.hakaimagazine.com .

by Brian Payton • More and bigger cruise ships are crowding coastal destinations. When is enough, enough? Who gets to decide? The  original story , along with photos, can be found on https://www.hakaimagazine.com .

by Brendan Borrell • Since his release from prison in the 1980s, Carlos Rafael has ruthlessly run his Massachusetts seafood business with little regard for the law. But is there any other way to survive the gauntlet of restrictions on the New England fishing industry? This examination of Rafael was originally published in January 2017. We learned yesterday, Aug 19, 2019, that the US federal govern...