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Record-Breaking 'Superstorm' Sandy Hammers Coast

Hurricane Sandy is already huge, powerful and deadly. Now meteorologists warn it's set to collide with cold air moving in from the arctic and a wintry storm blowing in from the west. NPR'S Joe Palca, Margot Adler and Joel Rose discuss the unusual series of events that helped create the "superstorm."

Flights Of Fancy: Exploring The Songs And Pathways Of 'The Living Bird'

Wildlife photographer Gerrit Vyn and essayist Scott Weidensaul share bird calls and discuss some of the remarkable abilities of birds. Originally broadcast Oct. 20, 2015.

Ticks are migrating, but scant surveillance may leave doctors in the dark on patient treatment

Health departments struggle to adequately survey for ticks to warn doctors about new species and the diseases they carry.

BuzzFeed's Saeed Jones Recommends Books Of Transformation For Summer

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Saeed Jones, literary editor at BuzzFeed, about his picks for summer reading. He recommends books where a character goes on some sort of journey.

White-footed mice are efficient transmitters of Lyme disease in the Northeast. They infect up to 95 percent of the ticks that feed on them. But it's people who create the conditions for Lyme outbreaks by building homes in the animals' habitat.

Forbidding Forecast For Lyme Disease In The Northeast

Lyme disease is spreading, and this summer is shaping up as a whopper. Why has the tick-borne illness gotten so bad? The answer traces back to something the colonists did more than 200 years ago.

Walrus, shown here on a drying rack, represents a major source of nutritious food for many in Alaska's St. Lawrence Island. In recent years, warmer temperatures have pushed the sea ice farther from St. Lawrence's shores, making walrus hunting more challenging. This shortfall has led to increased food insecurity on the island.

In Alaska's Remote Towns, Climate Change Is Already Leaving Many Hungry

Melting ice has made it harder to hunt walrus, a traditional staple for Alaska Natives. Warmer temps mean caribou aren't where hunters used to find them. It all adds up to more food insecurity.

'The Founder' Follows Salesman's Genius Idea To Franchise McDonald's

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with screenwriter Robert Siegel about writing the screenplay for The Founder, which follows McDonald's chain founder Ray Kroc.

A monkey sits on a car and eats an orange snatched from a fruit vendor in New Delhi in 2012. The city has tried numerous schemes to bring its large and rambunctious monkey population under control. Now it is employing men to mimic the calls of the aggressive langur monkey.

It's Bananas: India Hires 'Monkey Mimics' To Scare Away Real Ones

New Delhi has tried countless schemes to control rambunctious monkeys. The latest: 40 men roam the streets, mimicking the call of the menacing langur monkey in an attempt to scare off other monkeys.

In January 2016, armed militants led by Ammon Bundy, seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in an attempt to control US public lands.

Roots Of U.S. Capitol Insurrectionists Run Through American West

Violent acts of insurrection like the U.S. Capitol mob have been incubating in the western U.S. for years, where self-described "patriots" have led armed uprisings, often with few legal consequences.

Mountainside farms near Innsbruck, Austria. For centuries, grazing has preserved these meadows, with their wildflowers and birds.

EU Shifts Subsidies from Crops to Land Stewardship

Europe's farmers now get paid based not on crop production but on how they manage the environment — a fundamental change in European agricultural policy.

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