Some automakers are starting to produce cheaper electric vehicles. Bringing down the price might expand the market for EVs in the United States.

Swifts have nested in Judaism's holiest site for more than 2,000 years.

Rivers, streams and the area surrounding them can take years to recover after a wildfire. And when native plants do return, they can often be choked out by invasive species.

EV batteries can, and should, be recycled. But the economics of recycling them don't always work out.

Scientists say human-caused climate change is driving longer fire seasons across drier landscapes, sparking more intense and widespread forest fires.

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

An unprecedented rescue mission is underway to save a valuable space observatory before it burns up in Earth's atmosphere.

Swifts have nested in Jerusalem's Western Wall since biblical times. Now one Israeli paraglider is trying to save them.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Derek Mallia, professor University of Utah's Department of Atmospheric Sciences, about why wildfire smoke in the northeast has a distinctive smell.

The larvae of a beetle native to South and Central America, the critters are the perfect solution to sticky problem: How to prepare an animal skeleton for scientific use.