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Author Craig Fehrman spent five years and read more than a million words of expedition journals to write "This Vast Enterprise," a new history of Lewis and Clark told through multiple perspectives.

In February 2002, journalist Peter Heller accompanied seven extreme kayakers on an attempt to paddle down the Tsangpo river gorge in Tibet. He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the experience and his book, Hell or High Water.

A study from the Environmental Working Group examined crop insurance payouts linked to extreme weather are on the rise across the U.S., costing taxpayers more than $118 million over two decades.

NPR producer Art Silverman uncovers New Jersey's filthy situation: the Passaic River. U.S. manufacturing was jump-started along its banks. Now the river is so toxic, part of it is a superfund site, and much of the rest is, as one writer puts it, "a toilet."

NPR producer Art Silverman uncovers New Jersey's filthy situation: the Passaic River. U.S. manufacturing was jump-started along its banks. Now the river is so toxic, part of it is a superfund site, and much of the rest is, as one writer puts it, "a toilet."

Before the Yamuna enters Delhi, the river looks relatively clean. This is in stark contrast with what it looks like as soon as it enters the city. Most citizens don't care, but one man is taking up the cause.

Today on The Outline: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders selects a new state treasurer. Also, another heat advisory is issued for the region. Plus, Springdale receives more crosswalks.

One Guadalupe River gauge near Kerrville and Camp Mystic recorded a rise of more than 25 feet in two hours.

It's been 50 years since Jaws was released in theaters, changing movies forever.

The nine-member team, with key support staff, spent two nights surveying endangered bats inhabiting craggy hollows and caves high on the Mulberry River Watershed deep in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. Ozarks at Large's Jacqueline Froelich joined the group for this report.