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WEB2 days ago · As fall sets in, we follow our cast of wildlife characters as they go through a flurry of last-chance feasting and finding mates before the cold and wet of winter. See more at hakai.org. Hakai Magazine explores science, society, and the environment in compelling narratives that highlight coastal life and phenomena.
Are COVID-19 Lockdowns Really Causing Nature to Heal?
WEBMay 26, 2021 · Share. As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold last spring and people around the world went into lockdown, a certain type of news story started to spring up—the idea that, in the absence of people, nature was returning to a healthier, more pristine state. There were viral reports of dolphins in the canals of …
Scandinavia’s Missing Bronze-Age Boatyards | Hakai Magazine
WEBAug 7, 2024 · During the Nordic Bronze Age, from around 2000 to 500 BCE, commodities of all kinds flowed in and out of northern Europe through long-distance trade networks that stretched across the continent. That includes the era’s eponymous bronze, which evidence suggests was smelted from tin and copper mined as far afield as Spain and the British Isles.
Why We Can’t Shake Ambergris - Hakai Magazine
WEBAug 17, 2021 · In December 2020, British woman Jodie Crews posted photos online of a mysterious object she’d found at a beach. One helpful respondent suggested poking the object with a hot pin to see if it smoked, a common (if unreliable) test for ambergris. Crews did, and the object exploded into flames, setting fire to her kitchen.
Fish Feel Pain. Now What? - Hakai Magazine
WEBJan 2, 2018 · It’s likely different from what humans feel, but it is still a kind of pain.”. At the anatomical level, fish have neurons known as nociceptors, which detect potential harm, such as high temperatures, intense pressure, and caustic chemicals. Fish produce the same opioids—the body’s innate painkillers—that mammals do.
The Mysterious, Vexing, and Utterly Engrossing Search for the …
WEBSep 13, 2022 · In the fourth century BCE, Aristotle proclaimed that eels spontaneously generated within “the entrails of the earth” and that they didn’t have genitals. The no-genital theory held for generations. Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder asserted that eels rubbed against rocks and their dead skin “scrapings come to life.”.
The Long Road to Ropeless Fishing | Hakai Magazine
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The Long Road to Ropeless Fishing. The first step to overcoming fishers' resistance to the new conservation-focused technology is building trust. by Moira Donovan. August 21, 2024 | 1,100 words, about 5 minutes. The past decade has not been kind to North Atlantic right whales —or to the fishers who …
Iceland’s Confusing Inter-cetacean Conflict | Hakai Magazine
WEBSep 23, 2021 · Interactions between killer and pilot whales have only been scientifically documented a few times, and Samarra is among the first scientists to have observed this behavior in Iceland. Since the 2015 encounter, she’s seen similar interactions around 20 times. Iceland’s pilot whales may be assuming that the killer whales in the area, which ...
Predicting When the Next Bluff Will Fall | Hakai Magazine
WEBJul 9, 2021 · Adam Young, a marine geologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, is developing a tool that could eventually be used to predict bluff collapses in order to better protect lives and property. He and his team have spent three years driving up and down a 2.5-kilometer stretch of the coast near Del Mar ...
Steller’s Sea Cows’ Ecological Legacy | Hakai Magazine
WEBOct 8, 2021 · Share. In the chilly waters off Russia’s Commander Islands, a Steller’s sea cow grazed on kelp fronds. The buoyant behemoth sheltered her calf close to shore and away from predators. Seabirds perched on their exposed backs, eating parasites from their skin. It was here, some 250 years ago, that these giant sirenians met their end.