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What are the best of the books? NPR Books looks at this year's National Book Award nominees for fiction and nonfiction. These 10 books — which tell the stories of a young drug smuggler, lovable philanderers, holograms in the Saudi desert and more — inspired, informed and entertained readers.

This year, animals made their marks with encounters that ranged from sad to creepy to cute.

As part of our week of coverage focused on climate solutions, we pulled together some of the moments of success and progress, small and large.

Astrakhan, on the Volga River, once was known as Russia's caviar capital — but no more. As the fish neared extinction, Russia banned all commercial sturgeon fishing in the area and the export of all black caviar. Now, both the sturgeon and the local people struggle to survive.

Astrakhan, on the Volga River, once was known as Russia's caviar capital — but no more. As the fish neared extinction, Russia banned all commercial sturgeon fishing in the area and the export of all black caviar. Now, both the sturgeon and the local people struggle to survive.

Doctors have warned of health risks from tons of garbage rotting in the Italian capital's streets during the summer's hot spells.

The Trump administration says it hopes to save $11.4 billion by freezing and revoking COVID-era grants. Addiction experts say clawing back the federal funding is risky and could put patients at risk.

The huge amphibians "will literally just feed on anything that fits into their mouth" — including turtle hatchlings. Clearing thousands of frogs from ponds helped other species stage a comeback.

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control says the U.S. birth rate is the lowest in 30 years. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Gretchen Livingston, from Pew Research Center, about why that is and it means for the U.S.

While much of the world worries about how to sustain 7 billion people, in many countries, low birthrates are the more pressing problem. From Germany and Russia to Japan and South Korea, leaders are desperate to reverse a trend of lower birthrates.

Joshua Bell has won a Grammy, and his playing helped composer John Corigliano to an Oscar for The Red Violin. At 37, Bell has played with every major orchestra in the world. He joins Fred Child for music and conversation in NPR's Studio 4A.

Pared down to an efficient duo, Earlimart completed its new record, Hymn and Her, in just over four weeks, as opposed to the three-year production of its last project. The band plays its straightforward and intimate California pop tunes in a session from WXPN.

Jennings' newest album is the moving and political Blood of Man. In this session, he discusses how he came to write the songs for the new record, and describes how it relates to his previous work.

The power of Antony Hegarty's The Crying Light finds the minimalist bluesman exploring humanity's relationship to the world through melodramatic chamber-pop songs.

Early Bird Fishing Guide Jeff Sundin joins John Bauer and Heidi Holtan on the Thursday Morning Show. This week Jeff tells us not to put our fishing gear…

This week on the Friday Morning Show Marshall reports on the top stories from this this week's Timberjay newspaper including St. Louis County's board…

Taking time to contemplate what is happening in nature is one of the many aspects of Northern Community Radio that sets us apart from any other radio…

Each week publisher and editor Marshall Helmberger joins us to tell us about news in NE MN. This week MN State Auditor Rebecca Otto takes a stand on…

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Each week, our resident phenologist John Latimer closely assesses the…

Each week Marshall Helmberger, editor and publisher of the Timberjay newspaper, joins Heidi for Border News Roundup. This week they talk about the impacts…