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The wide-ranging report found the number of Australian species listed as threatened had increased since the 2016 report.

Prosecutors want New York Times reporter James Risen to testify about whether he got information from a CIA agent. The Justice Department recently tightened its policy on when it will try to compel journalists to divulge such information. Risen's lawyer says that policy should apply to his client.

A report by prisoner advocacy groups says there have been 10 homicides in Tennessee's privately run state prisons since March 2014, versus five in…

Autopsy and toxicology reports would remain largely hidden from public scrutiny under legislation that advanced Tuesday in Tennessee's GOP-dominated…

Two west Tennessee men have been sentenced for killing a bear out of season in Colorado and throwing the carcass off a cliff. Colorado Parks and Wildlife…

The search for wildlife in the mountainous wilderness of northern Myanmar led scientist Alan Rabinowitz to a personal discovery. Hear his conversation with NPR's Alex Chadwick. (8:10) ( Alan Rabinowitz's book, Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia's Forbidden Wilderness is published by Island Press; ISBN: 1559

Writer RICHARD FORD. His book "Independence Day" (Knopf) has just won a Pulitzer Prize, as well as a National Book Critics Circle Award. It's the sequel to FORD's "The Sportswriter" FORD is also the author of "Wildlife," "The Ultimate Good Luck," "A Piece of My Heart," and "Rock Springs." (REBROADCAST from 6

UN inspectors have completed their report on the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria on Aug. 21. The Security Council will discuss the inspectors report today. Western diplomats have said the report will include circumstantial evidence that the Assad government was responsible for the attack.

A report from the non-profit organization, the International Crisis Group, warns that the Iraqi constitution as written will push Iraq toward full-scale civil war. Melissa Block talks with Robert Malley, director of the ICG's Middle East program.

The government's National Security Agency is building a giant database of all phone calls placed by Americans within the U.S., according to a report published in USA Today. The article says that the spy agency has been helped by major phone companies, including AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth.