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November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Remember last year, when bioGraphic and Hakai Magazine were both facing uncertain futures? Your donations saved the day--we raised $140,000 and lived to publish another day!
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November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Remember last year, when bioGraphic and Hakai Magazine were both facing uncertain futures? Your donations saved the day--we raised $140,000 and lived to publish another day!
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That's where "phytomining" enters the picture.
This nascent industry is using special metal-accumulating plants to develop a less destructive way to mine--or should we say farm?--metals.
This nascent industry is using special metal-accumulating plants to develop a less destructive way to mine--or should we say farm?--metals.
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
That's where "phytomining" enters the picture.
This nascent industry is using special metal-accumulating plants to develop a less destructive way to mine--or should we say farm?--metals.
This nascent industry is using special metal-accumulating plants to develop a less destructive way to mine--or should we say farm?--metals.
But what if there was another way?
What if there was a way to obtain the metals we want--nickel, cobalt, cadmium, zinc--without the need for destructive strip mining or deep sea adventures?
What if there was a way to obtain the metals we want--nickel, cobalt, cadmium, zinc--without the need for destructive strip mining or deep sea adventures?
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
But what if there was another way?
What if there was a way to obtain the metals we want--nickel, cobalt, cadmium, zinc--without the need for destructive strip mining or deep sea adventures?
What if there was a way to obtain the metals we want--nickel, cobalt, cadmium, zinc--without the need for destructive strip mining or deep sea adventures?
September 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
At bioGraphic, we publish stories that inspire a deep appreciation for life on Earth—and hope for its future. 🌿
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September 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The Java mouse-deer is neither a mouse nor a deer, though it resembles both. About the size of a hare, the mouse-deer carries its big ears, pointed snout, and relatively rotund body atop pencil-thin legs.
September 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Java mouse-deer is neither a mouse nor a deer, though it resembles both. About the size of a hare, the mouse-deer carries its big ears, pointed snout, and relatively rotund body atop pencil-thin legs.
The only way to reverse the devastation is to rescue and restore wild populations of sunflower and other sea stars. But “we can’t save them if we don’t know why they’re dying,” says disease ecologist Alyssa Gehman.
August 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The only way to reverse the devastation is to rescue and restore wild populations of sunflower and other sea stars. But “we can’t save them if we don’t know why they’re dying,” says disease ecologist Alyssa Gehman.
In 2013, sea stars began dying along North America’s West Coast, victims of a plague known as sea star wasting disease. The condition first surfaced in the Pacific Northwest, where scientists and scuba divers noticed sea stars sporting grisly lesions, white and splotchy.
August 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In 2013, sea stars began dying along North America’s West Coast, victims of a plague known as sea star wasting disease. The condition first surfaced in the Pacific Northwest, where scientists and scuba divers noticed sea stars sporting grisly lesions, white and splotchy.
The computer system pings a remote expert on standby who double-checks the machine’s work. Within a minute, the expert forwards the alert back to the ship, catching the captain’s attention with enough time for the crew to change course and, hopefully, avoid the whale becoming maritime roadkill.
July 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The computer system pings a remote expert on standby who double-checks the machine’s work. Within a minute, the expert forwards the alert back to the ship, catching the captain’s attention with enough time for the crew to change course and, hopefully, avoid the whale becoming maritime roadkill.
Now, advances in transmitter and battery technology are extending the use of miniaturized tags to the aquatic environments, offering scientists a new view of the small species whose unexamined lives are propping up entire ecosystems.
July 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Now, advances in transmitter and battery technology are extending the use of miniaturized tags to the aquatic environments, offering scientists a new view of the small species whose unexamined lives are propping up entire ecosystems.
These cotton balls on toothpicks nest on the ground, and have long been the victims of predation by the island's red foxes. But in 2015, an outbreak of sarcoptic mange tore through Fire Island's foxes.
July 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
These cotton balls on toothpicks nest on the ground, and have long been the victims of predation by the island's red foxes. But in 2015, an outbreak of sarcoptic mange tore through Fire Island's foxes.
So far this year, reader donations have funded 20 bioGraphic stories that might have otherwise gone untold. (That's two months’ worth of stories!)
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May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
So far this year, reader donations have funded 20 bioGraphic stories that might have otherwise gone untold. (That's two months’ worth of stories!)
Our campaign ends at midnight tonight. ⌛ If you haven’t donated yet, will you help us across the finish line?
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Whales have big eyes, so they should have good eyesight.
But as it turns out, humpbacks have relatively few retinal ganglion cells--the photoreceptors on the back of the eye that capture light.
The result is that, from a distance, a net is hard to pick out, and harder to avoid.
But as it turns out, humpbacks have relatively few retinal ganglion cells--the photoreceptors on the back of the eye that capture light.
The result is that, from a distance, a net is hard to pick out, and harder to avoid.
May 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Whales have big eyes, so they should have good eyesight.
But as it turns out, humpbacks have relatively few retinal ganglion cells--the photoreceptors on the back of the eye that capture light.
The result is that, from a distance, a net is hard to pick out, and harder to avoid.
But as it turns out, humpbacks have relatively few retinal ganglion cells--the photoreceptors on the back of the eye that capture light.
The result is that, from a distance, a net is hard to pick out, and harder to avoid.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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May 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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May 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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It’s Time for Nature’s Fire Brigade
When it comes to restoring land and preventing wildfires, some animals—like pangolins—have a lot to offer. Can helping them help us?
by @annieroth.bsky.social
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When it comes to restoring land and preventing wildfires, some animals—like pangolins—have a lot to offer. Can helping them help us?
by @annieroth.bsky.social
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April 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It’s Time for Nature’s Fire Brigade
When it comes to restoring land and preventing wildfires, some animals—like pangolins—have a lot to offer. Can helping them help us?
by @annieroth.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/its-time-for...
When it comes to restoring land and preventing wildfires, some animals—like pangolins—have a lot to offer. Can helping them help us?
by @annieroth.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/its-time-for...
In 2019, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, the city embarked on a project to add green roofs to 316 bus stops. They planted sedum, a hearty succulent, to attract pollinators.
But as new research shows, the project had an unexpected benefit for a different group of species: mychorrizal fungi
But as new research shows, the project had an unexpected benefit for a different group of species: mychorrizal fungi
March 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In 2019, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, the city embarked on a project to add green roofs to 316 bus stops. They planted sedum, a hearty succulent, to attract pollinators.
But as new research shows, the project had an unexpected benefit for a different group of species: mychorrizal fungi
But as new research shows, the project had an unexpected benefit for a different group of species: mychorrizal fungi
The focus of today's story tackles the latter.
WhaleSpotter, a new AI-powered but, crucially, human-verified detection system uses heat-sensing cameras to track whales in real time, giving captains up-to-the-minute alerts if a whale crosses their path.
WhaleSpotter, a new AI-powered but, crucially, human-verified detection system uses heat-sensing cameras to track whales in real time, giving captains up-to-the-minute alerts if a whale crosses their path.
March 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The focus of today's story tackles the latter.
WhaleSpotter, a new AI-powered but, crucially, human-verified detection system uses heat-sensing cameras to track whales in real time, giving captains up-to-the-minute alerts if a whale crosses their path.
WhaleSpotter, a new AI-powered but, crucially, human-verified detection system uses heat-sensing cameras to track whales in real time, giving captains up-to-the-minute alerts if a whale crosses their path.
Thousands of deep-sea genetic sequences have already been patented. Of those, the majority have gone to just three multinational companies: BASF, DuPont, and International Flavors & Fragrances
February 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thousands of deep-sea genetic sequences have already been patented. Of those, the majority have gone to just three multinational companies: BASF, DuPont, and International Flavors & Fragrances
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A big, huge, gigantic THANK YOU to everyone who helped us surpass our fundraising goal!!
December 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
A big, huge, gigantic THANK YOU to everyone who helped us surpass our fundraising goal!!
Today is #GivingTuesday, a chance to support the causes that matter the most to you!
We’re so close to raising US $120,000! Will you donate to help independent environmental journalism?
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We’re so close to raising US $120,000! Will you donate to help independent environmental journalism?
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December 3, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday, a chance to support the causes that matter the most to you!
We’re so close to raising US $120,000! Will you donate to help independent environmental journalism?
www.biographic.com/hakai-magazi...
We’re so close to raising US $120,000! Will you donate to help independent environmental journalism?
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ICYMI, Hakai Magazine will be joining forces with bioGraphic. But we need your help to hit the ground running!
Please help us raise $150K by Giving Tuesday on Dec 3. We’re a little over a third of the way there, and no amount is too small. 🐳💙
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Please help us raise $150K by Giving Tuesday on Dec 3. We’re a little over a third of the way there, and no amount is too small. 🐳💙
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November 25, 2024 at 6:23 PM
ICYMI, Hakai Magazine will be joining forces with bioGraphic. But we need your help to hit the ground running!
Please help us raise $150K by Giving Tuesday on Dec 3. We’re a little over a third of the way there, and no amount is too small. 🐳💙
www.biographic.com/hakai-magazi...
Please help us raise $150K by Giving Tuesday on Dec 3. We’re a little over a third of the way there, and no amount is too small. 🐳💙
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