Arizona hasn’t had the extreme wildfire season many had feared following one of the driest winters on record. But nationally, a severe fire season is raising questions about federal readiness.

Magpies have earned a bad rap as the bully in the birdyard — some even call them the birds everyone loves to hate. But the often-misunderstood magpie may deserve a little more credit than they get.

Environmental advocates worry about the future of cool mix flows, which send water from Lake Powell to protect threatened humpback chub in the Grand Canyon.

Samples from the Sedona Wastewater Treatment Plant tested positive for the measles virus. That indicates that at least one person with a recent infection has been in the area.

Trump’s reduction of the national monuments by about 90% comes over the objections of tribal nations and conservation groups.

President Donald Trump has slashed the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in souther Utah by about 90%, unraveling protections established by former presidents.

Summer is great for some sizzling reads and NPR staff have recommendations for romance novels from our Books We Love list.

Every couple of years members of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma travel back to visit ancestral and historic sites located in the Midwest. Members say it's especially poignant as the country celebrates the 250th year of American independence.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Richard Samuels, professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about Japan's effort to form a new centralized intelligence agency.

The team at Cineplexity debate the current state of Hollywood epics with the release of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey.'

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discovered a new species of monkey and formed deep friendship along the way.