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Squirrels closely mimic bird warning calls and help spread the alarm through the forest that hawks, owls or other predators are nearby.

Squirrels Mimic Bird Alarms To Foil The Enemy

It can take more than just a keen ear to figure out what animals are saying. Sometimes, scientists are learning, you have to talk back to map the rich networks of conversation in a forest.

Beneath Alaskan Wildfires, A Hidden Threat: Long-Frozen Carbon's Thaw

As millions of acres of forests burn across the state this summer, there's growing concern about what impact that might have on permafrost — and how melting permafrost might affect climate change.

Paula Abdul accuses 'American Idol' producer of sexual assault

The singer and actor's lawsuit against Nigel Lythgoe is the latest in a string of high-profile cases filed right before portions of California's Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act expire.

Dusting Off A Gritty, Glamorous California Classic

As it turns out, Raymond Chandler isn't the only writer who can channel the dark charisma of deceptively sunny California. Author Hector Tobar recommends John Fante's Ask the Dust, a novel that captures the grit and glamor of Los Angeles' past.

In October 2010, a tiger walks past a vehicle carrying tourists at Ranthambore National Park in India. India's top court has banned tourism in parts of tiger reserves across the country in an effort to save the endangered big cat.

Tourists Banned From India's Tiger Reserves

India's Supreme Court has temporarily banned tourism in core areas of the country's 41 tiger reserves. The unexpected and controversial ruling is aimed at protecting the last of India's 1,700 tigers.

People are helped as they cross a highway blocked by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Otis near Acapulco, Mexico, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.

Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco and triggers landslides

While little is yet known about possible deaths or the full extent of the damage, experts are calling Otis the strongest storm in history to make landfall along the Eastern Pacific Coast.

A general view from inside the Grand Mosque shows part of a large crane that collapsed on the mosque on Friday. The civil defense authority of Saudi Arabia has confirmed scores of people were killed and many more wounded.

At Least 107 Dead In Crane Collapse At Mecca's Grand Mosque

High winds apparently caused the crane to topple at a time when Muslims from around the world are converging on the city as part of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

NHPR Folk Show Playlist 11.24.13

Song/ Artist/ Album/ LabelThe Farewell/ Natalie MacMaster/ In My Hands/ RounderCold Rain And Snow/ Peter Rowan And Tony Rice/ Quartet/ RounderCold Cold…

Teens, Sex and the Law: Genarlow Wilson

A Georgia judge called Genarlow Wilson's 10-year sentence for consensual teen sex "a grave miscarriage of justice" and ordered him released from prison. But the former high school football star and scholar remains behind bars following a notice of appeal. B.J. Bernstein, Wilson's attorney, talks about the case that is stirring national debate.

Livermore: A Postcard From A Ghost Town

Beginning around 1876 the town of Livermore was a hectic, noisy logging town in Northern Grafton County not far from Bartlett.NHPR’s Chris Jensen went in…

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