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Whitespotted eagle ray swimming in the ocean.

Scientists test different gear for protecting clams from ‘crunching’ rays

By Laura Baisas

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

Sea otters defy our understanding of metabolism

Sea otters defy our understanding of metabolism

By Kate Baggaley

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

By Kate Baggaley

Biologists vastly underestimated how much whales eat and poop

Biologists vastly underestimated how much whales eat and poop

By Philip Kiefer

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

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

These killer whales go through menopause

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

A photo of salmon in the water.

There are too many pink salmon in the Pacific

By Miranda Weiss / Hakai Magazine

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

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

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

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

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

footprint in desert sand

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

By Philip Kiefer

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

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

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

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

sperm whales seen from above

Sperm whales have a surprisingly deep—and useful—culture

By Ellie Shechet

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Grainy video screenshot of a goblin shark in the ocean

Goblin shark filmed in its native habitat for the first time

Left: The painting depicts a corner of Munich’s Odeonsplatz, with the Bavarian flag flying over the square. X-ray fluorescence analysis shows where areas have been overpainted with titanium white. Right: False-colour representation of the reconstructed painting featuring the memorial and the Nazi flag.

Hidden Nazi symbols discovered in famous German artist’s painting

By Margherita Bassi

Global map showing density distribution of fungi networks

621 trillion miles of fungi networks crisscross the planet