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The 166-million-year-old footprint tracks, found at a quarry in southern England, mark one of the largest discoveries in ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jason Pootoolal, president of Save the Giraffes, about using in vitro fertilization for wild giraffes to save the species from extinction.

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Arkansas was the first state to start sending letters home flagging students' Body Mass Index. Twenty years later, they do not appear to have had any effect on childhood obesity.

The alert is in response to a water sample taken Dec. 30. People can experience varying degrees of eye, skin and respiratory irritation from red tide.

In 2025 why not learn CPR? NPR's Life Kit has tips for how to help someone in cardiac arrest.

Migrating hundreds and hundreds of miles is hard work for the common noctule bat. But this European species makes its ...

If you've resolved to quit drinking for the month, a little technological assistance may be the key to sticking to your goal.

In the federal lawsuit, the insurer claims the HHS and CMS quality ratings didn’t properly take into account disruptions ...

Traditional farmers around the world are walking away from millions of acres of land where they once grew crops or grazed ...

NPR's Eric Deggans talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Christopher Weaver about the newspaper's yearlong investigation into potential fraud in the Medicare Advantage program.