Hakai Magazine Audio Edition

Latest Episodes:

The Fleet-Winged Ghosts of Greenland Dec 03, 2024

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by Caroline Van Hemert • A mysterious population of peregrine falcons in the Far North has inspired environmental action and scientific research around the world.

The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

Listeners, we have some important news. If you don’t get our weekly newsletter, you may not have heard that Hakai Magazine will be shutting down at the end of December. In July we found out that our long time funder is refocusing their efforts and won’t be funding us after 2024. So sad to say, this feed will be going blank at the end of this year.

But we are happy to announce that our team has found a new home! In January, our senior staff will join bioGraphic, an award-winning magazine published by the California Academy of Sciences, a nonprofit research and education institution based in San Francisco. We’re absolutely delighted about this merger. Hakai Magazine and bioGraphic have so much in common: both are independent, nonprofit publications committed to telling deeply reported and rigorously accurate stories that are also beautiful to read. We hope you will come join us there! Please sign up for our newsletter and get more information by going to biographic.com/hakai-magazine.

The Secret Sex Lives of Deep, Dark Corals Nov 27, 2024

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by Christian Elliott • A unique fjord in Chilean Patagonia gives scientists a chance to unlock the reproductive secrets of cold-water corals that typically live thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface.

The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

For the Love of a Little Sea Nov 21, 2024

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by Olive Heffernan • The birthplace of experimental marine biology is in decline. Will Ireland rally to save it?

The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

Finding Food and Solace in the Intertidal Nov 14, 2024

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by Emma Marris • On the complex pleasures of harvesting shellfish with the people you love.

The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

The Slow-Motion Destruction of Tortoises’ Slow-Motion Migration Oct 22, 2024

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by Kevin Gepford • On the Galapagos’ most developed island, researchers are tracking a growing threat to the millennia-old migration routes of giant tortoises.

The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

The Coming Collision Between Whales and Tankers on British Columbia’s Coast Oct 15, 2024

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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.

The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

Where the Rivers Run Pink Oct 08, 2024

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by Jude Isabella • Non-native pink salmon have swarmed Norway’s rivers, prompting a relentless—and questionable—fight to beat back the invaders.

The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

Trapped in the Tide of Organized Crime Oct 01, 2024

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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 Sep 24, 2024

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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.

The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

Neighborhood Digs Sep 17, 2024

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

The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.