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The miniaturization of technology and some clever new machines mean scientists are now getting lots of data — sometimes delivered via phone to the comfort of an office chair.

Fishers in southwest Florida are desperate to save their shrimping fleet, and their lifestyle, decimated by Hurricane Ian more than a month ago.

NPR's go-to books guru shares some "under the radar" reads. Several of her recommendations — including fiction, fantasy and nonfiction — will make you reconsider your definition of a map.

Bright Lit Place, a new podcast from member station WLRN tells the story of the long-running effort to undo the damage to the Florida Everglades.

Russia had a more powerful army. It didn't think the West would intervene. The invasion was poorly planned. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s.

In many places, New Year's Eve celebrations were muted or canceled for the second straight year due to a surge of coronavirus infections, this time driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.

A major effort by environmental advocates and California legislators aimed at dramatically reducing single-use plastic pollution ended anticlimactically this month when the legislative session closed without lawmakers voting on the measure. Companion bills AB 1080 and SB 54, intended to reduce the amount of waste in landfills and oceans, placed the onus on manufacturers to … Continue reading How a Landmark Plastics Recycling Bill Fell Apart at the Last Moment →

California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia is this week's guest on Artwaves. Gioia is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning poet. He was Chairman of the…

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Half Moon Bay was fined $1.6 million for not providing proper access to public beaches that adjoin the pricey resort.

In "Horizon," Oregon author Barry Lopez reflects on a lifetime of human and natural encounters across the globe.