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A video posted on a militant Islamic Web site shows the beheading of a man identified as civilian contractor Eugene Armstrong. Armstrong was kidnapped along with one British and one American colleague from their house in Baghdad Thursday. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon and NPR's Robert Siegel.

The endangered deer species on the Florida Keys is being threatened by rising seas, and that is raising uncomfortable questions for wildlife managers. The deer are the size of a golden retriever.

Outdoor enthusiast Sam Jones left Australia after posting a video of herself separating a baby wombat from its mom on a dark road. Australians are cheering her departure and worrying about the animal.

The North American wolverine would receive threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal. Warming temperatures are expected to shrink the mountain snowpack wolverines rely on.

With Al Jazeera taking the lead, Arabic-language news networks are shifting strategy due to increased competition and pressure from Arab governments unhappy with their political coverage.

of the Immigration and Naturalization Service was on Capitol Hill yesterday to give testimony on an embarrassing incident. In the summer of 1995, INS officials in Miami lied and deceived members of Congress who had come down for a visit. To make the center appear less crowded, they released dozens of illegal aliens...some criminals and some who hadn't been screened for communicable diseases. Last week, 12 INS employees were fired, demoted or suspended.

Kentucky has been invaded, and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is fighting back. Imported plants such as bush honeysuckle, autumn…

Wildlife officials helped the unexpected tourist disembark when the ship docked back in South Florida. The owl is safely recovering with a staycation at the South Florida Wildlife Center.

Lawmakers anxiously await the Mueller report, but there's a catch: redactions. Greg Brower, formerly the FBI's chief liaison to Congress, discusses with Lulu Garcia-Navarro what might be blacked out.

Anti-poaching rangers have sophisticated resources at their command. But one of the most effective is strikingly low-tech. "Since we use dogs, the guys can't hide from us anymore," says a trainer.