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NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on today's Supreme Court decision limiting the scope of the federal Clean Water Act. The court split along its familiar ideological lines, 5-4, in ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers can't use the law to forbid the building of a landfill in a migratory bird habitat. The area, near Chicago, contains abandoned gravel pits that flood with water and attract birds for nesting and breeding. The court majority ruled that Congress intended the Clean Water Act to apply to large or navigable bodies of water.

retired non-game wildlife biologist Pam Perry joins us on the Tuesday Morning Show

The City of Philadelphia has ordered all city workers to return to the office five days a week starting July 15. A judge ruled the mandate could go forward, despite opposition from union workers.

KAXE/KBXE volunteer Brandon Lentz joins John Latimer and Heidi Holtan on the Tuesday Morning Show. Brandon was recently appointed to the board of the…

A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons.

retired non-game wildlife biologist Pam Perry joins us on the Tuesday Morning Show

Steve Weston is the Christmas Bird Count Coordinator for Audobon and the MN Ornithologists Union.Birders of all abilities are welcome to participate.…

A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another lab for confirmation.

On the Thursday Morning Show Jeff Sundin joins John Bauer for Early Bird Fishing Guide. Today Jeff and John talk about the fishing season coming to an end…

This week on Early Bird Fishing Guide Jeff Sundin joins John Bauer on the Thursday Morning Show. Jeff gives us a recap of the summer season, ensures us…

On the Thursday Morning Show Jeff Sundin joins John and Heidi for Early Bird Fishing Guide. This week they talk about how to figure out where and how to…

Last week we had a question about dwindling numbers of evening grosbeaks. A listener wondered if it had to do with bird flu. Harry and John weren't sure…

Even as the league weathered a busy, unpredictable season in the "wubble," the Seattle Storm superstar carried on her colleagues' commitment to social justice activism.

When he found himself living alone in the North Carolina woods, he returned to the piano, his first instrument, working through loss, grief, and the promise of new possibilities.

The country singer-songwriter's voice changed in her 50s and, for a time, she thought her career in music was over. With advice from Tony Bennett and a voice coach, Mattea has returned.

Wisdom is known to be at least 68 years old and nests each year at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. She survived a tsunami and is believed to have laid nearly 40 eggs over her life.

Things are not what they seem in Helen Oyeyemi's new novel, set in 1950s New England. The book places Snow White in a particular historical context, exploring beauty, envy and identity.

Perdue Farms, one of the largest poultry companies in the country, says it will change its slaughter methods and also some of its poultry houses. Animal welfare groups are cheering.

Author Ethan Rutherford started reading Daphne du Maurier's collection of stories, Don't Look Now, while it was still light out and didn't move from his chair until dark. Each one features characters who endure the strange and the extreme, and who are forever changed by the events that befall them.

When Phil Cook found himself living alone in the North Carolina woods, he returned to the piano — his first instrument — working through loss, grief and the promise of new possibilities.