The event comes more than 30 years after planning on the $1.8 billion project began.

Wildlife biologists in the nation's capital are monitoring a massive bald eagle nest where eaglets are expected to appear any day now.

Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts say it raises questions about how much risk comes with letting robots be in charge of their own learning.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Amy Jaecker-Jones of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County about a worldwide community science project happening this weekend — the City Nature Challenge.

A report this week revealed Rep. Alma Adams was investigated and cleared by a House committee for an alleged inappropriate relationship with a staffer, the North Carolina General Assembly starts its short session, drought continues across the Carolinas, and the Panthers prepare for the NFL draft.

Drought conditions are worsening across North Carolina, with nearly the entire western third of the state now classified as being in extreme drought. That includes most of the Charlotte region. The rest of the state is considered to be in either severe or extreme drought.

Managing the safety of one of the herds falls to the nonprofit Corolla Wild Horse Fund; challenges include the ever-changing nature of the barrier islands, encroaching development, and climate change. However, one of the greatest dangers is people.

The AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with potentially worrisome consequences.

North Carolina originally passed its data center tax exemption in 2006. Gov. Josh Stein is calling for it to be changed or repealed, saying it belongs to a different time.

When a climate activist in Massachusetts learned about natural gas leaks in her neighborhood just outside Boston, she worried if they were contributing to climate change.