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Smithsonian researcher Anna Phillips led the recent discovery of the new medicinal species. Its superficial similarities to a North American leech species helped prevent its detection before.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with reporter Elizabeth Koh about how Florida nursing facilities are preparing — or not — for intense hurricanes.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with columnist Steven Petrow about a recent anti-hate rally in Hillsborough, N.C., that was organized in response to a Ku Klux Klan rally there last week.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Alain Stephens of The Trace about less restrictive Texas gun laws taking effect today, in the wake of another mass shooting in the state.

Submarine hobbyists are helping scientists in Montana do environmental research on the state's lakes. Researchers couldn't otherwise afford to rent subs, and it gives the hobbyists a sense of purpose.

The latest on Hurricane Dorian's damage and where it's headed.

Rachel Martin speaks with CNN's Patrick Oppmann reporting from Freeport in the Bahamas, and Bahamanian Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands talks about rescue and recovery during the Category 5 storm.

China is the world's biggest rice producer. So why did it agree to buy two shipping containers of rice from the U.S.? Planet Money reporters explain the other trade battle between the two countries.

Juvenile lake sturgeon will be temporarily removed from the Muskegon River. To combat invasive sea lamprey , the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses...

Despite missteps on the campaign trail, former Vice President Joe Biden continues to retain support among key Democratic voter groups, but Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren aren't far behind.