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Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process: Count up the growth rings in the fossilized bones. But new research into some of dinosaurs' living relatives, like crocodiles, suggests that this method may not always work.

A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?

Flint, Mich., aims to be a model for wiping out deep poverty during a crucial time for child development. The new benefits start during pregnancy to encourage prenatal care.

Before people who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires can rebuild, they need money. But how does an insurance company figure what a house is worth when there's nothing left standing?

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a bill to ban transgender women from using facilities on federal property — like bathrooms and locker rooms — that don't correspond with the sex assigned at birth.

Decades of citizen science in Alaska helped researchers figure out how one of the biggest wildlife die-offs -- that of the seabird the common murre -- unfolded.

The South African actor has been speaking out about racial injustice for decades, often in collaboration with the late playwright Athol Fugard. Kunene and the King is Kani's latest project.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Annie Farmer, one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims, about what may be in the final release of the Epstein files by the Department of Justice.

The beauty of bouquets comes with a cost to the cloud forests of Colombia, the largest exporter of flowers and foliage to the United States.

Kias and Hyundais built between 2011 and 2022 are unusually easy to steal. As a result, thefts are spiking. The companies are under pressure to do more to prevent thefts.