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New research from scientists at the Centre for Ecological Research in Hungary finds that some birds living in cities are changing their songs to compete with traffic and other urban noise.

Los Angeles can be glamorous, gritty, sprawling and strange. NPR cinephiles discuss the movies that bring the city to life.

On a state visit, France's president announced the loan of the tapestry embroidered with scenes of the 1066 Norman invasion. It will return to the U.K. for the first time in more than 900 years.

Changing weather patterns and higher temperatures are affecting some of the most prized tea-growing regions in China and Taiwan.

A collapsing glacier roared down a mountainside in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday. It wiped out one village in its path. The destruction it caused surprised officials who blamed climate change.

In Portland, Ore., two distinct species of geese have paired up and laid eggs. It's not completely unheard of for a Canada goose and a white-fronted goose to mate -- but it's unusual.

Berly McCoy and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about a hawk's clever hunting strategy, contacts that allow wearers to see infrared light, and how immunity varies during the day.

The Dobbs decision returned abortion policy to the states. Four years later, NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin examines how that promise has played out in practice.

Homing pigeons rely on a variety of signals to navigate, including magnetism. But it hasn't been clear how they detect magnetic cues. Researchers propose the answer may be found in the birds' livers.

A newly published series of reports calls attention to a dire situation facing millions of women after childbirth — and the solutions that can prevent death from postpartum hemorrhage.