Hikers in New Zealand risk polluting the “clearest lake in the world” with a microscopic alga carried on their boots.

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign agreements without properly consulting with ...

Winnebago Industries announced on Feb. 13 that its marine brands, Barletta Pontoon Boats and Chris-Craft, received 2024 Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Awards. They were given by the National Marine ...

When Walter Baron built his workshop on a side road in Wellfleet 40-odd years ago, he knew what he wanted to do: Build boats.

For the February 2025 Art Diary, I begin with exhibitions by artists I’ve followed and whose work I’ve written about. These include Peter Howson, Jonathan Anderson, Barbara Hepworth and Theaster Gates ...

A proposed new law would release homeowners from the onerous process of listing every object lost in a destroyed home. By Rukmini Callimachi Through jobs, marriages and children, one guy has ...

By Erica Ackerberg Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives ...

Looking for some new movies to watch with your significant other (or alone, we're not judging!) this Valentine's Day weekend? You've come to the right place. If you're not a superhero film fan ...

The running of local councils is to change under sweeping government reforms - here is an easy guide in six questions to get your head round them. The biggest proposed change in the way local ...

At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s coming elections. By Jim Tankersley and Andrew E. Kramer After years of ...

If it hits, the explosion would be 500 times as powerful as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and have a blast radius of more than 30 miles. A poll finds that 60 percent of Israeli Jews support ...