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It's a cliché that in Germany the trains always run on time. But while that might have been true in the past, it seems it's not true anymore.

Gov. Andy Beshear in a Thursday update on COVID-19 in Kentucky reported 2,318 new cases and 20 newly reported deaths. Beshear emphasized the importance of…

Dinosaur researchers have achieved another first. They've discovered a way to tell the sex of a dinosaur. The secret is in the bone.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to journalist Egill Bjarnason about the ecological impacts of outdoor cats and the curfews some Icelandic towns have imposed on them.

A "superfog" of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense fog caused multiple massive car crashes Monday morning involving a total of 158 vehicles, authorities said.

Residents in the area should secure food and garbage, state says

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Short Wave hosts Regina Barber and Aaron Scott about antibiotic resistance spreading through air, how farms can support biodiversity, and the eating habits of black holes.

Tighter regulations on ivory coming in and out of the U.S. could have a profound impact on musicians who travel with antique instruments.

Richard Turere, 13, put his father's cows in a pen at night. That's when the trouble would start. Lions would jump in the shed and kill the farm animals. One night he was walking around with a flashlight and discovered the lions were scared of a moving light. A light went on inside him and an idea was born.

Republican leaders promise to make oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a key part of the national energy policy debate next year. Conservationists promise to fight the proposal -- and some wish they could call on Mardy Murie for help. NPR's Howard Berkes profiles one of the nation's greatest champions of wild areas, now 100 years old. View a photo galley and video of highlights from Murie's life.