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The cab driver stuffed a mattress, radio, mini-fridge and teddy bear in his car and parked it outside his flat. He's trying to rent it out to tourists for about $80 a night — much cheaper than most hotels. But there are rules: no smoking, and no pets. He says he's calling it "Hail-a-Hotel."

Gliselle Marin joins the "Bat-a-thon," a group of 80-some bat researchers who converge on Belize each year to study these winged mammals.

Donald Trump's attendance at the grand opening of his hotel in Washington, D.C., is just the latest example of the GOP nominee bringing media attention to his businesses.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that the National Park Service wants to make sure that the it benefits financially if a biotech company ever finds something in a park from which it can make money. Many developing countries have taken similar steps to protect their interests when drug companies go looking for new medicines in the rain forest.

Many species are threatened or endangered. One way of saving the animals and the surrounding forest is eco-tourism -- promoting tours for outsiders concerned with the conservation of the ecosystem. In some areas, just a hundred visitors per year would make a huge impact.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports on the growing political clout of Chile's native Mapuche Indians. Although timber companies hold the title to much of the country's valuable forest land, the Mapuche claim it belongs to them. They've occupied and set fire to some of the land. The timber companies remain unsympathetic, but other parts of Chilean society are beginning to consider the Mapuche's views.

From Missoula, Montana, Kathy Witkowsy reports on the widespread damage that drought and wildfires are causing in the western part of the state. Hundreds of thousands of acres of forest have burned already, and millions of acres more have been closed because of fire danger. Businesses that rely on tourism are losing money, and ranchers are facing losses too. More than 200 buildings have been destroyed by fire.

Surrounded by a mountain forest, a Buddhist monastery floats on a lake in the new movie Spring Summer Fall Winter... and Spring. Bob Mondello says that within the monastery's walls, director Kim Ki-Duk finds all of life's angers, sorrows and joys.

The number of encounters with bears in the White Mountain National Forest is on the rise early this season, prompting rangers to issue early warnings and…

Top seeds have fallen like timber in a forest as the men's NCAA basketball tournament heads into its second weekend.