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Spread by parasitic worms that can infect via a splash of water, schistosomiasis causes debilitating symptoms. It hits kids hard. A board game teaches how to prevent it.

Dust in the Rocky Mountain snow can cause elevated water runoff, and greater opportunities for forest fires.

Global sturgeon populations are collapsing — most notably in Russia, where caviar is known as black gold. That's fueling a market for illegal caviar and driving poachers to the Columbia River.

Thanks to a blazing hot summer and unusually warm water, early counts of juvenile winter-run Chinook are at extreme low levels. To protect them, regulators may restrict ocean fishing.

NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with New York City Mayor Eric Adams about crime and policing in New York, which like many American cities is experiencing a spike in shootings.

As spring approaches, fishing enthusiasts are getting out their reels and tackle boxes. In Nebraska, many anglers will try for the state's official fish: the channel catfish. Greg Wagner, a spokesman for the Nebraska Game and Wildlife Commission, tells Debbie Elliott about the culinary delights of this whiskered creature.

After early criticism for being late, FEMA is getting high marks from people affected by the July 4 floods, especially in hard-hit Hunt, Texas. But locals heap even more praise on religious charities.

The Justice Department and Texas are headed for a legal fight over Gov. Greg Abbott's floating barrier in the Rio Grande to stop illegal border crossings. The DOJ says the buoys violate federal law.

As rainfall saturates Texas this week, Lorena Guillen reflects on the year it has been since she and her husband tried to save a family from their RV park in the massive Hill Country floods last year.

Many consumers don't yet understand the label, but grocery stores are now buying from "salmon-safe" farms, which help protect fish by banning pesticides and keeping manure out of the land's waterways.