Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.

Weliton Menário Costa's award-winning music video showcases his research on kangaroo personality and behavior — and offers a ...

The echoes of barking and blubber-slapping have grown louder in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. An unusually large herd of ...

Supporters point to increased incidents of bears venturing into residential communities, while critics say the change will result in more deaths of the once-threatened bears.

Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a civilian can get from the U.S. government.

Environmentalists worry plans to drill near the Apalachicola River system could damage the area’s delicate ecosystem. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has said it plans to ...

In addition to the local players and support people, famed actor Nathan Darrow and guest director Shanara Gabrielle will lend their considerable talents to the production.

Siblings — especially twins — sometimes share the strangest traits, like throwing a ball with their head or picking up keys and crayons with their toes. Researchers want to know whqt's up with that.

Students in the U.K., France and Mexico have sought to erect what many of them call "solidarity encampments," prompting a variety of responses from university authorities and local law enforcement.

When marijuana becomes a Schedule III instead of a Schedule I substance under federal rules, researchers will face fewer barriers to studying it. But there will still be some roadblocks for science.

For decades, nonprofits, health insurers and hospitals have been trying to solve the problem of the people who need the emergency room again and again. Here are some of the lessons they've learned.

The government described the step as the "second phase" of measures against Israel, adding the steps would remain in force until Israel allows a "sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza." ...