Are COVID-19 Lockdowns Really Causing Nature to Heal?
May 26, 2021 · Share. Article body copy. 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 …
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Why We Can’t Shake Ambergris - Hakai Magazine
Aug 17, 2021 · Ambergris has also featured in great works of literature, including Moby Dick. Herman Melville devoted a whole chapter to it. “Who would think, then, that such fine ladies …
For Sale: Wild Russian Killer Whales | Hakai Magazine
Mar 21, 2017 · In China, the marine theme park industry is surging. According to a 2015 report prepared by the China Cetacean Alliance, Ocean Theme Parks: A Look Inside China’s …
Treasure Fever - Hakai Magazine
Jan 14, 2020 · La Trinité set sail for what is now Florida in 1565—a full half-century before pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock—leading a fleet of six other ships and guided by Captain …
Fish Feel Pain. Now What? - Hakai Magazine
Jan 2, 2018 · Should we care how fish feel? In his 1789 treatise An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, English philosopher Jeremy Bentham—who developed the theory of …
Blasting Through the Hunley Mystery | Hakai Magazine
Aug 1, 2017 · Share. Article body copy. Around 6:30 p.m. on February 17, 1864, eight men crammed into the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, a self-propelled metal tube attached to …
Steller’s Sea Cows’ Ecological Legacy | Hakai Magazine
Oct 8, 2021 · Determining how an extinct species affected its environment involves a lot of speculation. But by analyzing Steller’s observations of the sea cow’s behavior and biology, …
Meet the Killer Whales You Thought You Knew | Hakai Magazine
Killer whales traverse all the world’s oceans, from polar waters to the tropics. They are the seas’ apex predators, described in scientific literature in 1869 as “wolves of the ocean,” who swim …
Iceland’s Confusing Inter-cetacean Conflict | Hakai Magazine
Sep 23, 2021 · Share. Article body copy. Filipa Samarra could hear the pilot whales before she could see them. In 2015, out on the choppy waters off southern Iceland, Samarra and her …