June 26, 2020 By William J. Broad The New York Times
What lies off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, in the Coral Sea? The region was mostly unexplored and uncharted until a recent expedition searched its dark waters, uncovering an abundance of life, weird geologic features and spectacular deep corals. The deepest forays reached down more than a mile.
June 25, 2020 By Miranda Weiss Hakai Magazine
After last year’s heatwave, sockeye fishers watch, wait, and worry in the Bristol Bay watershed.
June 25, 2020 By Liz Langley National Geographic
In Shark Bay, Australia, bottlenose dolphins that aren’t related have been observed teaching each other a new way to use a tool, a behavior that until now scientists have found only in humans and other great apes.
June 24, 2020 By Doug Johnson Hakai Magazine
After a fishing boat ran aground on a fragile atoll, the consequences for the ecosystem were alarming—and curious.
June 24, 2020 By Rachel Zalucki Honolulu Civil Beat
On Tuesday morning, a small crowd formed near Pier 29 to welcome the crew of the sailing vessel KWAI back from their 48-day voyage, during which they collected 103 tons of garbage from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.