The Huck Blog
Data stories from the wild: what community wildlife sightings reveal about the animals around us, told with maps.
August 14, 2026America has two kinds of wild horse country, and they could not be less alikeMap the wild horse sightings and the United States splits in two: a vast inland sea of mustangs across the Great Basin, and a handful of tiny island herds clinging to Atlantic beaches. Same animal, two completely different wild Americas.
August 13, 2026The Salish Sea has two kinds of killer whale, and they ignore each otherEvery orca on this map is one species with one silhouette. But the whales around Seattle belong to two populations that do not interbreed, do not share calls, and will not eat the same food - and the balance between them has flipped within living memory.
August 12, 2026The Cape Cod shark map is really a seal mapPlot every white shark sighting around Cape Cod and you trace a line down the outer beaches. Plot the gray seals and you draw the same line - because one map is causing the other.Wildlife data stories, rare sightings, and Huck field notes - straight to your inbox.
