What's the difference between an insect wing and a bird wing? And why are there so many dragon myths?
We're outsourcing one of the most important human skills to satellites and smartphones. What would happen if GPS disappeared?
Coyote urine is bottled and sold as an all-natural pest deterrent for gardeners. One listener wants to know: does it work? And how is it collected?
Indigenous journalist Joseph Lee on the nuanced ways tribes are adapting to climate change and more.
How a cold war plot and architectural hoax sparked a billion-dollar race to the bottom of the ocean.
From the Wild Lens Collective and NHPR, a podcast partnership that takes listeners along the entire length of the Appalachian Trail.
Since the days of Ancient Rome’s surprisingly NSFW windchimes, sound has played a mysterious and fascinating role for life on Earth.
Americans love a lawn. But keeping the grass green comes at a cost — especially in the desert.
Mississippi-born writer Kiese Laymon on the beauty of his grandma’s garden, Emmett Till, Maurice Sendak, and his first children’s book, “City Summer, Country Summer.”
We all know lead is bad, but why? And how did something so dangerous become so ubiquitous?
In the late 1950s, engineer Herb Ueda Sr. traveled to a remote Arctic military base. His mission? To drill through nearly a mile of ice, and extract the world’s first complete ice core.
What do childhood memories, angora sweaters, and pregnancy tests have in common? Bunny rabbits.
From the parasite theory to pollen counts, a look at the multitude of factors that are making allergies worse around the globe.
Enter the fascinating world of venom, where deadly stakes are intertwined with the possibility of wondrous healing.
Sgt. Tibbs, a beloved 19-year-old cat, goes missing on the streets of Manchester, New Hampshire. His owner fears the worst. But when she finds out her cat was never missing at all, the truth turns out to be worse than she feared.
In County Leitrim, an area of Ireland hit hard by the Troubles and the Great Famine, townspeople are fighting what they say is a new wave of colonialism: Sitka spruce plantations.
We sing along at concerts. We chant at protests. We belt it out at birthday parties. Why do humans sing together?
In this special collaboration between Outside/In and Tumble Media, we answer a serious question about silly behavior: “Why do some animals play, and some animals don’t?”
One piece of public land, two very different perspectives about how to use it, and the agency that somehow has to appease them both.
How one obscure federal policy designed to stop the cycle of flood damage is leading to opposite destinies.
One of the flashiest rescue stories of the last century, and what it tells us about the power of animal activism to make enduring change.
Refrigerated food used to be seen as unnatural. Now, it’s warped our very definition of the word “fresh.”