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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Five State Parks to Visit This Winter
See elephant seals, visit a gold rush town and more.
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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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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…
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