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Amnesty International says that Apple, Samsun and Sony are failing to do basic checks to make sure that minerals in their products are not mined by children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The number of local news outlets is continuing to decline nationwide and in Kentucky, even as some philanthropists have committed hundreds of millions of dollars to support local news.

The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission has passed a resolution that aims to use a tract of land near the site of the Paducah Gaseous…

In part three of our Radio Expedition to Central Africa, NPR's Alex Chadwick follows two field biologists into the forest in search of a large ape-like creature that may be an unknown species of gorilla or large chimpanzee. As they explore, Esteban Sarmiento of the American Museum of Natural History and George Schaller of the Wildlife Conservation Society, find a nest that suggests the presence of gorillas and other evidence that lean toward chimps. They also find lion tracks and ape feeding sites in a forest full of vibrant sights and sounds.

Video captured the turtle relaxing in the Chicago River, and it was suggested she might want to lose some weight. A wildlife biologist says the turtle looks big because it's probably loaded with eggs.

During quarantine, the birds in a U.K. wildlife park started exchanging curse words. Handlers say the foul fowls began hurling insults. Laughing just encouraged them.

When the worker found the owl, it was hungry and dehydrated but otherwise fine. The owl was taken to a nearby wildlife center. The owl has been named as you might have guessed: Rockefeller.

For five months, the bird evaded captors while attacking humans. A wildlife expert disguised herself as one of his preferred victims — an older woman. Gerald took the bait, charged and was captured.

The bear leaned out the driver's side window and licked a cone that a DQ employee was holding. Alberta Fish and Wildlife cited the zoo for taking a bear off property without notifying local officials.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission wants to seize a 6-foot-long pet reptile — they say he's just too big. But he isn't a normal alligator says his owner, Mary Thorn of Lakeland, Fla.