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A new book explores how overhunting and habitat destruction have left us with only a fraction of the foods that existed a century ago, and the changes that are needed to preserve our culinary variety.

President Trump declared that his "vision presents a win-win opportunity for both sides." Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called it a "disastrous announcement."

As residents of "char" islands grapple with poverty and climate change, they are often cut off from medical services. A new service could help.

Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe first confronted a mysterious, bloody disease in 1976. But credit for the discovery went to Belgian researchers.

As ISIS loses territory and captives are rescued, broken Yazidi families hold out hope that their loved ones could still return.

As world leaders gather for a climate summit in Madrid, some of the countries most vulnerable to climate change say they need improved forecasting tools.

One in four rural households report being unable to get medical care for serious problems, due to the pandemic, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard.

Some kids are getting sick or passing the coronavirus to vaccinated family and friends. It's all unnerving to many parents. "It felt like a terrible head cold," one dad says. "My brain was foggy."

Czukay, who died at his home — also his former band's studio — in Germany, was a classically trained musician whose influence seeped deeply into music history.

In 1899, George and Willie Muse, the African-American children of sharecroppers, were lured from their home to become part of a sideshow. Author Beth Macy tells their story.