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The mysterious ‘Tully monster’ didn’t have a spine after all

The mysterious ‘Tully monster’ didn’t have a spine after all

By Jamie Helmick

wall of taxidermy animals and skeletons

Humans are dangerous predators because we love collecting weird animals

By Emily Harwitz / Hakai Magazine

bottlenose dolphins

Manmade pollutants could be harming marine mammals more than we think

Ankylosaur in blue floatie and life vest riding the ocean waves. Prehistoric trees and a full moon are in the background. Illustrated.

Why dinosaurs were terrible swimmers

Biologists vastly underestimated how much whales eat and poop

Biologists vastly underestimated how much whales eat and poop

By Philip Kiefer

Sea otters defy our understanding of metabolism

Sea otters defy our understanding of metabolism

By Kate Baggaley

A photo of salmon in the water.

There are too many pink salmon in the Pacific

By Miranda Weiss / Hakai Magazine

Mass die-offs in marine mammals are accelerating, and climate change will only make it worse

By Kate Baggaley

A deer looks down a snowy trail at two women walking.

The animal kingdom is full of coronaviruses. Here’s what that means for COVID’s future.

By Philip Kiefer

Mother and baby killer whale swimming in ocean with mountains in the background.

These killer whales go through menopause

Protecting wildlife starts with securing land for animals to roam

Protecting wildlife starts with securing land for animals to roam

By David Jachowski/The Conversation

Artist’s impression of Cryptovaranoides when it was alive

A key to lizard evolution was buried in a museum cupboard for 70 years

By Laura Baisas

The threatened Chiricahua leopard frog, in Sycamore Canyon, Arizona. The species can be difficult to spot in the murky, often deep, water holes that they inhabit.

New genetic tools have dramatically changed wildlife conservation

By Lourdes Medrano/Undark

Shark Week may be hurting, not helping, its namesake creature

Shark Week may be hurting, not helping, its namesake creature

Four of the best coolers with wheels sliced together against a white background.

The best coolers with wheels, tested and reviewed

By Terri Williams, Brandt Ranj

An archeologist’s quest to find seafood’s place on the ancient Mediterranean menu

An archeologist’s quest to find seafood’s place on the ancient Mediterranean menu

By Paul Greenberg / Hakai Magazine

Scientists are reconstructing what ancient whales saw to look into the past

Scientists are reconstructing what ancient whales saw to look into the past

By Jason P. Dinh / Hakai Magazine

footprint in desert sand

Humans may have arrived in the Americas 15,000 years earlier than we thought

By Philip Kiefer

silhouette of two long-necked dinosaurs as the sun sets in a desert-like environment

Were dinosaurs warm-blooded or cold-blooded? Maybe both.

By Kate Baggaley

This is what happens when feral cows take over a remote Alaskan island

This is what happens when feral cows take over a remote Alaskan island

By Jude Isabella/Hakai Magazine

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Painting of a woman in white with a demon sitting on her chest and a ghostly horse to the left.

The creepy science behind sleep paralysis ‘demons’

By RJ Mackenzie

Close up photo of trapdoor spider named after Stephen Colber

Spider named after Stephen Colbert has twice as many chromosomes as you

a touchscreen fabric

Touchscreen shirt shows photos, plays videos, and answers calls

By Mack DeGeurin

Dog paw imprint on piece of Bronze Age mudbrick wall

Dog’s paw print found in a 3,700-year-old brick