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Leaders from around the world are renewing their call to eradicate polio. The disease has been eradicated in all but Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Of those three countries, Nigeria is the only one reporting an increase this year in the number of cases of the disease.

Henry County, Tenn. animal control officials are warning residents to stay clear of raccoons after some of the animals were found infected with…

Scientists are studying the cause of a massive fish kill in western Kentucky, which state wildlife officials are saying is the largest kill of its kind…

The president of Tanzania has ordered that a major game reserve be split in two, and has banned hunting in the larger part of the reserve.

The bird is now protected under the Endangered Species Act, which could stop some oil and gas development in Colorado and Utah — and will likely start a number of legal challenges.

Gray wolves used to roam most of North America before being hunted, trapped and driven out of most of the continental U.S. by the early 1900s. They are native to California.

In a much needed sign of hope for the U.S. economy, the Labor Department reported Friday that the country gained 163,000 jobs in July, which was better than expected. Still, unemployment rose a bit to 8.3 percent. NPR's Chris Arnold reports from an annual economics retreat in Maine with reaction from some of the country's top economists and analysts there.

When scientists first started counting the nests of green sea turtles in one area in the 1980s, they found fewer than 40 nests. In their last check, they counted almost 12,000.

By Dave Washburnhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-994314.mp3Murray, KY – There's more talk about deer than about bass…

AP staffers have sent an open letter to their leaders stating how upset they are about the dismissal of a brand-new colleague earlier this May. AP says her tweets violated its social media policy.