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NPR's Scott Simon considers Chicago's newest star, a snapping turtle nicknamed Chonkasaurus.

In 1970, India built a huge dam called the Farakka Barrage to protect the port of Calcutta from silt flowing in the Ganges River. But the dam has had widespread and devastating effects for people living along the Ganges.

The film Shaft was released 50 years ago this week and heralded what came to be known as Blaxploitation cinema. The genre has a checkered legacy — and inspired Oscar-winning music.

The main thing you should know about Giles Snyder is that he is an extreme commuter. He drives 90 miles from his home to the NPR newsroom, usually in the middle of the night.

Chuck Holmes is Deputy Managing Editor for NPR News. He works closely with NPR's Arts, Business, International, National, Science and Washington Desks to coordinate and facilitate daily news coverage and long-term planning for NPR News.

The latest exhibit at Crystal Bridges is a convergence of the museum and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY, which has been aquiring art, from…

In this final round, all of the answers are a food or drink that has an American geographic location in its name.

October is a sports wonderland for fans as fall and winter sports begin to overlap. There is no shortage of collegiate sports tonight and this…

A six-part series on the source of India's great river begins in the Himalayan village of Bhaironghati, where villagers prepare to take a statue of the goddess Ganga to her summer temple.

In Montana, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur wants to create a massive, privately funded public park. Some ranchers oppose the American Prairie Reserve and say they can better conserve the land.