Sea
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Business
Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life
The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and mining…
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World
The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’
Fossils found in New Zealand highlight an era after the dinosaurs when giant flightless birds prowled the seas for prey.
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Obituaries
Restaurant Review: Le Bernardin Holds On to Its Craft (and Its Four Stars)
When I tell people that the city’s great sushi counters are guardians of a cultural legacy, they usually know what…
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Obituaries
Jonathan Raban, Adventurous Literary Traveler, Dies at 80
An expatriate Briton, he followed Huckleberry Finn’s Mississippi, sailed to Alaska and explored eastern Montana. But, he said, he was…
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World
As Hope Fades for Missing Thai Sailors, Ship’s Safety Is Scrutinized
Four days after the warship sank, 23 men remain missing. The authorities said the warship did not have enough life…
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Business
She Harvests Shellfish and Helps Protect Them
Ana Shellem has found peace and prosperity while searching for wild species off the North Carolina coast for her one-woman…
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World
Completely at Sea
I am not excited to go on a cruise. I am not a “cruise person.” I don’t boat. I’ve read…
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US
Five State Parks to Visit This Winter
See elephant seals, visit a gold rush town and more.
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World
The Missing Mammal That May Have Shaped California’s Kelp Forests
Researchers claim that the behavior of a massive extinct herbivore, the Steller’s sea cow, might inform conservation efforts of threatened…
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Obituaries
Torrisi Bar & Grill, From the Carbone Team, Opens in SoHo
French-Japanese fare in a small Greenpoint, Brooklyn, space, a larger branch of Bao Tea House in Little Italy and more…