NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Jessica Yung of Short Wave about carnivorous squirrels, the history of life on Earth, and new insights into the relationship between people and dogs.

President Biden is expected to issue an executive order Tuesday that would greatly reduce the number of asylum-seekers allowed into the country.

A rescue dog on the run in New Orleans has become a celebrity of sorts as he's escaped adoptive homes twice and people are reporting sightings of the dog on social media.

Designer Jonathan Anderson is already a major name in fashion. This year, he turned to movies, designing the costumes for 'Challengers' and 'Queer.' ...

Women make up a third of new hunters applying for licenses. Outdoor organizations and Midwest states are trying to reach groups that haven't historically participated in hunting.

The sanctuary in Washington state said it was working with officials to determine the cause of the outbreak, which has killed ...

A round of Israeli airstrikes targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports. The head of the World Health ...

Public radio music stations welcome hundreds of musicians a year into their studios for intimate versions of songs you won't hear or see anywhere else. NPR Music collects as many of those recordings ...

Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a ...

Singh was known as the father of economic reforms in India. He served as finance minister in the early 1990s, and his policies then set India on the path of economic liberalization and globalization.

Azerbaijan observed a day of mourning for the victims of the plane crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about a possible cause of the disaster.

Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the ...