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For more than 150 years this species has been forgotten in the academic community. Fishers in Bahia, Brazil, helped scientists uncover information about the sand octopus twicein the 19th century and again in the 21st. https://www.hakaimagazine.com//found-then-lost-then-found/

Today at 11:30am, Hakai Magazine is hosting a panel discussion about the new film Seaspiracy and how to view it with a discerning eye. The webinar recording is available at this link, so you can watch it even if you missed the live event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgARzb9LyVU.

Researchers relied on scent-trained dogs to find elusive white-vented storm petrels in Chile’s Atacama Desertthe driest non-polar desert in the world. https://www.hakaimagazine.com//scouring-the-desert-for-a-/

Seasteaders believe the answer to some of life’s most pressing problems is to build new cities on the ocean. https://www.hakaimagazine.com//the-quest-for-a-floating-u/

Paleontologists once believed Shonisaurus popularis, a kind of ichthyosaur, was a toothless giant. New fossil evidence is challenging that notion. https://www.hakaimagazine.com//shonisaurus-gets-a-makeover/

There’s a deeper connection when you actually meet the fishermen, says Karnad. What we’ve heard from participants is that the next time they’re faced with the decision of what fish to eat, they remember the people they met. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/fea/a-tour-of-unloved-fishes/

I have many photos of humpbacks feeding, but this was the first time I captured the plight of the prey. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/video/hungry-hungry-humpback/

Climate change melted a glacier, which encouraged a landslide, which pushed glacial lake water into an otherwise-warming fjord. In other words, climate change first caused Bute Inlet, British Columbia, to warmand then cooled it. https://www.hakaimagazine.com//massive-landslide-cools-fj/

A car sheds around one kilogram of tire particles per year as it drives. Rain washes most of those particles into waterways and, ultimately, the ocean. https://www.hakaimagazine.com//when-rubber-hits-the-road-/

Marine Protected Areas are massive and patrolling them is expensive, could autonomous vessels do the job instead? https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/robocop-sets-sail/

Snail larvae, at the mercy of ocean currents, are being pushed to warmer waters which can be detrimental to their health.

When I’m working in the studio, it’s like performing music: every note I hit is recorded permanently in a three-dimensional glass object. Benjamin Kikkert, glass artist https://www.hakaimagazine.com//coastal-job-coastal-art-gl/

Rising groundwater in low elevation coastal areas could bring a host of problems, particularly to the infrastructure we bury underground: potable water, sewage, drainage, power, and telecommunications.

When biologists in Florida dissected the carcass of a manatee, they found its stomach and intestinal tract clogged with plastic bags. Details from a new report from Oceana. https://www.hakaimagazine.com//tabulating-the-victims-of-/

Using traditional technologies to help solve the challenges of today.

Our latest One Great Shot captures the innate bond that humans have with the ocean. https://www.hakaimagazine.com//one-great-shot-connecting-/