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President Bush has asked Americans to cut back on fuel usage as oil companies and refineries in the hurricane-affected Gulf Coast region work to resume production at facilities.

To better understand the role of the heartbroken lover in the Schubert song cycle "Winter's Journey," American tenor David Pisaro is hiking 200 miles in two weeks along the blustery English coast. He performs at stops along the way. Hear Pisaro and NPR's Scott Simon.

In the second-part of a National Geographic Radio Expedition to the Sea of Cortez, NPR's John McChesney reports on the observations biologists have made along the coast, near the City of La Paz.

This past April, a group of oceanographers was part of an expedition off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. They were studying various aspects of the Mariana volcanic arc. While on board their ship, they witnessed the underwater eruption of a volcano. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Dave Butterfield, one of the oceanographers who witnessed the eruption.

Artist Doug Aitken's new series of sculptures just off the coast of the town of Avalon, on Catalina Island, is called "Underwater Pavilions." It explores environmental threats to the ocean.

Every year, monarch butterflies from across the Western United States flutter their way to the coast of California for the winter. Now, scientists say the migration is under threat from habitat loss and a changing climate.

Pacific Gas and Electric has reached a tentative settlement with state regulators to shut down the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on California’s Central Coast, the last commercial nuclear power plant in the state.

It’s been two weeks since the devastating dive boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast that left 34 people dead. On board the boat “Conception” were scientists, photographers, parents and their kids, and the trip’s dive master: a marine biologist.

The Biden administration announced plans Tuesday to bring offshore wind development to the coast of California as a way to help achieve its goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035.

In expensive West Coast cities like Los Angeles, there's a growing number of working people living on the margins -- one crisis away from living on the streets due to soaring rents and housing prices.