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In early November, an emperor penguin washed up in Western Australia -- the furthest north the species has ever been recorded. After a period of rehabilitation, Gus is headed home to Antarctica.

Jasmine Demers is a corps member with Report For America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. She covers youth and social services. Demers worked previously for the Arizona Daily Star. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Arizona School of Journalism, where she was editor-in-chief of the student-run Daily Wildcat.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Hanna Mounce, Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project coordinator, about wildlife officials' recommendation to declare several Hawaiian honeycreeper species extinct.

Drew Lanham grew up captivated by birds on his family's South Carolina farm. At StoryCorps, he says a return to the land inspired him to pursue his childhood dream of becoming an ornithologist.

A record number of grizzly bears were killed this year near Glacier National Park. They're dying at record levels — at the same time the White House wants to remove them from the endangered list.

Hate mowing the grass? Sarah Baker of Ohio speaks to host Melissa Block about why she's refusing to mow her lawn, and the benefits of letting your land grow wild.

The federal government owns huge swaths of land in the West. How it came to have all that land and authority over it is complicated and fraught with ages old controversies. NPR explores the history of land ownership in the West.

For the first time in 30 years, bison will be able to migrate outside of Yellowstone National Park. Park officials, private landowners and the state have been in a decades-long debate over the bison.

A federal jury in Oregon found FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita not guilty of all charges he faced related to the shooting death of a spokesman during the 2016 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation.

A proposed road in Alaska is pitting residents against environmentalists. The people who live in a remote village want better access to an airport with year-round flights to Anchorage for medical emergencies. But the road would cut through a wilderness area, which environmentalists say would set a bad precedent.