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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon, who just edited a new collection of poetry about the natural world called "You Are Here," answers a question on NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin.

The meetings between top U.S. and Chinese officials in Geneva represent the first potential efforts to end a trade war that has frazzled financial markets.

"If somebody needed help — Granny was going. Black and whites alike, it made no difference to her," Mary Othella Burnette says of her late grandmother, a second-generation midwife in Black Appalachia.

Vontasia Smith is among the first students training for pilot licenses in Tuskegee University's revived aviation program.

Vontasia Smith is among the first students training for pilot licenses in Tuskegee University's revived aviation program.

The importance of religion in the lives of Americans is on the decline. That's according to a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute.

A new report from scientists at Project CETI demonstrates that the noises that sperm whales make to communicate with each other contain what humans would describe as vowels.

Crime is a perennial issue in presidential campaigns, but experts say public perceptions of safety and justice are much different today than 30 years ago.

The federal arson case of the man accused of starting the deadly Palisades fire ended in a mistrial on Friday morning.

Our free economics course for your ears is on a quest for great economics ideas.

Tracee Ellis Ross talks about a moment in her life that she'd want to go back to, that she wouldn't change anything about.

President Trump wants to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the National Park Service budget this year and much more next year. The effort is facing bipartisan criticism.

One Australian report estimated the reef had lost more than half its coral since 1985. The government is considering a new 35-year plan to rescue the reef, but some say it falls short.

The red wolf is one of the most endangered animals on the planet. That's why environmentalists were ecstatic to find the first litter born in the wild in four years — six pups.

To figure out what baby turtles see when they hatch, researchers in Georgia are collecting images from their point of view.

NY Times correspondent Adam Liptak talks about how Trump's two appointees might change the court — including its direction on abortion: "It's not hard to write a decision striking down Roe," he says.

"Republicans have been trying to drive a stake into the heart of Obamacare pretty much since it was passed — both through legislation and litigation," New York Times reporter Sarah Kliff says.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their phenology reports.

The theory began in white supremacist circles and has slowly integrated into the mainstream of Republican politics.

Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans.