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Melanie Haiken

Marin County, San Francisco

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Freelance journalist covering science, environment, travel, health, and food Bylines @natgeo @BBC https://t.co/0b7z0fOGlR & https://t.co/rx86Dl4cxK

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  • 1 month ago | thepointsguy.com | Melanie Haiken

    The cards we feature here are from partners who compensate us when you are approved through our site, and this may impact how or where these products appear. We don’t cover all available credit cards, but our analysis, reviews, and opinions are entirely from our editorial team. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. Please view our advertising policy and product review methodology for more information.

  • 1 month ago | hub.jhu.edu | Melanie Haiken

    When the West Indian manatee first earned endangered species protection in the early 1970s, the gentle and sociable marine mammals were critically close to extinction, with only a few hundred of the Florida subspecies remaining on the East Coast. By 1991, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first began aerial surveillance, they counted just 1,261 Florida manatees. The primary cause of death was boat strikes, which by the late 1990s were killing more than 100 manatees a year.

  • 1 month ago | smartluxury.com | Melanie Haiken

    Craning my neck to survey the gleaming tilework adorning the Hazrati Imam Complex in Uzbekistan's capital of Tashkent, it hits me — nowhere except perhaps the Caribbean Sea have I seen so many variations of blue. From teal to turquoise, from azure to aqua, they compete with each other in the depth and vividness of color.

  • 2 months ago | msn.com | Melanie Haiken

    Continue reading More for You   Continue reading More for You

  • 2 months ago | thepointsguy.com | Melanie Haiken

    From whale watching in Monterey, California, to dune surfing in Colorado and beach bliss in Hawaii, here are some of the best spring break destinations in the U.S. in 2025.

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Melanie Haiken
Melanie Haiken @MelanieHaiken
24 Jan 25

Hi X followers, please also follow me at as Iʻm less active here these days. Many of you found me through #forbes #nationalgeographic #smithsonian #thepointsguy #aarp and I continue to write for all of these and share important information. Thank you! https://t.co/JADsrXXW6Q

Melanie Haiken
Melanie Haiken @MelanieHaiken
14 Mar 24

Super excited to see my story on the astonishing weirdness of Saint Patrick and Saint Patrick’s Day out in the Saturday Evening Post! #saintpatricksday #ireland #StPatricksDay #downpatrick #visitireland @TourismIreland @saturdaypost https://t.co/DgxHSOGpnf

Melanie Haiken
Melanie Haiken @MelanieHaiken
13 Mar 24

Super exciting to report on this Pacific gray whale lost in the Atlantic for @NatGeo !

Christine Dell'Amore
Christine Dell'Amore @cdellamore

Does that #graywhale spotted off Cape Cod herald a return of the species? Yes, but not for hundreds of years. @MelanieHaiken has the story for @NatGeo https://t.co/iFw2QYzxSh