If you count every single one, there are some 1,300 islands off the coast of metropolitan France. Around 30 are inhabited.

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A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s ...

A ferocious storm killed eight people on a day full of misfortunes and coincidences that showed the limits of human control.

From overboard guests to the changing nature of chartering, our sailing journey was as unpredictable as it was rewarding. The ...

Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers ...

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The tourists turned up the heat as a combination of excellent bowling and a wearing pitch cranked up the pressure on the ...

Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler, arriving at 10 p.m. on July 18 to take command at Lake George in the Adirondacks, found a single ...

A Frankfort hotel proprietor who was badly burned in a gas stove explosion that burned the Frankfort Inn, died from his ...

I bought a 40-foot Morgan ketch for $1. I'm at least the third person to buy it for this amount. Some say there's nothing more expensive than a free boat, but I've been pleasantly surprised.

Boating accident near Maine’s Isle au Haut left one dead and the 72-year-old victim was found floating after a 40-foot sailboat broke apart, officials said.