Artificial Intelligence Could Soon Turn Anyone into an Expert Tracker
WEBAug 12, 2024 · Artificial Intelligence Could Soon Turn Anyone into an Expert Tracker Scientists are working on a machine learning tool that could, one day, identify individual animals from photographs of their footprints.
Scandinavia’s Missing Bronze-Age Boatyards | Hakai Magazine
WEBAug 7, 2024 · Scandinavia’s Missing Bronze-Age Boatyards Archaeologists argue that ancient Scandinavian boat-building infrastructure has been hiding in plain sight.
Are COVID-19 Lockdowns Really Causing Nature to Heal?
WEBMay 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 up—the idea that, in the absence of people, nature …
Why We Can’t Shake Ambergris - Hakai Magazine
WEBAug 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 and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale!” he wrote.
Iceland’s Confusing Inter-cetacean Conflict | Hakai Magazine
WEBSep 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 research team were eavesdropping on a group of killer whales.
The Mysterious, Vexing, and Utterly Engrossing Search for the …
WEBSep 13, 2022 · By now, researchers have seen eels mate in lab settings, but they don’t know how this act plays out in the wild. The mechanisms that guide migration also remain somewhat enigmatic, as do the exact social, physical, and …
Fish Feel Pain. Now What? - Hakai Magazine
WEBJan 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 utilitarianism (essentially, the greatest good for the greatest number of individuals)—articulated an idea that has been central to debates about animal welfare ever …
Blue Holes Show Hurricane Activity in the Bahamas Is at a …
WEBJun 8, 2022 · Share. Article body copy. The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active in 171 years of record-keeping. The 2020 season was even worse—there were so many tropical cyclones that meteorologists tore through their list of possible storm names and needed the Greek alphabet to keep track of the overflow.
Steller’s Sea Cows’ Ecological Legacy | Hakai Magazine
WEBOct 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, and comparing them with archaeological evidence and knowledge of modern coastal environments, Cameron Bullen, a marine ecologist who led the research as part of his master’s thesis at the University of British Columbia ...
Honolulu: A Seabird’s Surprising Five-Star Destination
WEBJun 23, 2021 · The white tern is a slight and elegant seabird with stark white feathers, a sharp black-and-blue bill, and jet black eyes. Its body size is about the same as an American robin’s, but it has a wingspan of almost a meter.