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As the price of oil nears $100 a barrel, Congress' energy bill is still bogged down in conference, with House and Senate leaders unable to agree about car mileage standards, alternative fuels for utilities or ending tax breaks for oil companies.

Chocolate is a wonderful thing, but how can it help combat global climate change? Cacao trees — the source of chocolate — grow well in rainforests, and rainforests store carbon. So researchers are working to help preserve the forest and to grow more chocolate.

This month marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Va., the first permanent English settlement in North America. Many historians see Jamestown as the birthplace of modern America. Was the original colony really a success?

New Orleans native Joey Bonhage creates exquisite flora and fauna out of sheet metal — but he rarely leaves his small house to see the real thing. The 66-year-old artist suffers from chronic emphysema, but he still welcomes a steady stream of visitors to his dusty studio.

For nearly half a century, Art Buchwald poked fun at the foibles of celebrities and politicians. At the height of his career, he was syndicated in hundreds of newspapers. His legacy? "Joy."

In essays on the 'In Character' blog, NPR audiences have been waxing thoughtful about their own favorite characters. An 11-year-old, in foster care for the past four years, says he feels a kinship with the protagonist of A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray.

Searchers have turned up the wreckage of adventurer Steve Fossett's airplane in California's Inyo National Forest. Fossett vanished more than a year ago while flying a single-engine plane from Nevada. A hiker said he'd found ID cards and a pilot's license with Fossett's name, leading to the latest search. Fossett's remains have not been found.

Authorities in northern California say they've spotted what could be the wreckage of Steve Fossett's plane. He was a wealthy adventurer who vanished last year during a solo flight over the Sierra Nevada. Earlier this week, a hiker found some items appearing to belong to Fossett.

The tallgrass prairie is an astonishing place to run — rolling hills, bison herds, wildflowers and birds moving along the creeks. We take a run in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas.

How one person tried to put an end to the poison frog black market by breeding and selling frogs legally.