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In 1959 the American Embassy in Nepal issued instructions for mountain climbers looking to encounter a Yeti.

Urban commutes can get crazy. How do you get around? Is it a bike with a motor and a baby carriage? A hoverboard or souped-up skateboard? Send us photos of DYI, rigged, wacky means of transportation.

Transit decisions are made by political bodies, and the results are often that the communities with the most political and economic power drive the bus, so to speak. Big data may change that.

The Republican presidential candidates gathered for their third debate in Colorado Wednesday. NPR reviews which candidates emerged stronger and which have some spinning to do.

NBC is hoping its upcoming show "QuizUp America" could be as popular as classics like "Wheel of Fortune" or "Jeopardy!"

Teachers have been discussing how the South Carolina incident was handled. The general consensus? Badly.

Florida conducted its first Florida black bear hunt in more than two decades this year. The goal was to kill 320 bears. The Florida Fish and Wildlife...

A wildlife trapper in Cocoa Beach caught a female iguana a couple of days ago and is now after its male companion on the loose.

Alaskans have the highest rates for health insurance in the country. Many get a subsidy to help defray the cost, but those who don't wonder, increasingly, whether it's time to go without insurance.

Trash talk has never been so literate. For the World Series, the Kansas City and Queens Public Libraries are in the middle of a Twitter showdown.