Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...

President-elect Donald Trump has made a flurry of announcements about key cabinet members, at least one of which has come as ...

The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam ...

The USS Edsall, an American warship known for its crew's courageous last stand against Japanese forces during World War II, ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Brian Murray, of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, about President-elect Trump's promise to increase fossil fuel production.

Human rights groups say there have been at least 1,000 attacks by extremist Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in the past year. Hundreds have been driven from their homes.

Global pandemic treaty negotiators are hashing out cooperation plans this week and considering rushing the process out of fear that the Trump administration would pull the U.S. out of negotiations.

The U.K., Brazil and China are stepping up as climate leaders as the incoming Trump administration picks heads for key agencies who may increase U.S. climate pollution.

Companies in China are fueling a "silver economy" by adapting to serve hundreds of millions of people over the age of 60.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Edward Whelan of the Ethics and Public Policy Center about President-elect Trump's influence on Senate Republicans' selection of a new majority leader.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Cary Baker, author of "Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music." ...

The shootings were part of a wave of violence that erupted as the country plagued by gang violence swore in its new prime ...