A new study suggests Fiji's iguanas came from North America around 34 million years ago by floating some 5,000 miles. It's the longest-known dispersal of any land animal. So how did they do it?

Israel struck Gaza is a wave of deadly attacks, saying they were launched because Hamas was refusing to release more hostages. The move appears to have put an end to the nearly 2-month-old ceasefire.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Democratic strategists Paul Begala and Waleed Shahid about party divides following disputes over a Republican-backed stopgap spending bill.

NPR's Michel Martin talks gardening with Martha Stewart. Her new book, "Martha Stewart's Gardening Handbook," is her first gardening book in more than 20 years.

Rwanda is widely believed to be backing the rebel group that's taken over much of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the past two months. The DRC has asked groups to sever ties with Rwanda.

McKenna "Mak" Whitham, 14, is the youngest women's professional soccer player in America. As a kid in a professional environment, what protections does she have?

A Lebanese doctor who was working for a health nonprofit affiliated with Brown University was deported after traveling abroad. Now, the school is warning students and staff about international travel.

Tornado death tolls don't tell the whole story. One couple survived against incomprehensible odds in a trailer obliterated by the storm to face a heart-breaking search for their lost dog.

President Trump justified his use of a wartime law to deport people. The CEO of Democracy Forward argues that the president ...

Park officials said visitors have tried to cross to Shark Island during low tide, only to become trapped as the tide rises.

In western North Carolina, two children died early Sunday morning after high winds caused a tree to fall onto a trailer near ...

Officials from Bowman, Padgett & Associates said they are devastated and heartbroken about the deaths of dentist Dr. Mark ...