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How do you get to Africa on a shoestring budget? NPR's Tavis Smiley discusses tips for making the most of your trip -- and tracing African ancestry -- with attorney James White, co-author of the book Roots Recovered.

Hidden in the dense forest of central Africa lies a clearing where each day and night, dozens of elephants gather. African forest elephants are elusive, and such a clearing is rare. NPR's Alex Chadwick takes you there on the latest Radio Expedition, for Morning Edition.

As voters in Nigeria, Africa's largest democracy, go to the polls, a third party candidate threatens to upset the status quo.

Sea level has been rising steadily as a result of global warming. But in 2010 and 2011, levels dropped sharply by a quarter of an inch. A new analysis says that's because extraordinarily heavy rainfall got trapped in inland Australia.

For decades, scientists have searched for plants containing disease-fighting compounds. Some powerful cancer drugs are derived from a flower that grows in the forests of Madagascar. But experts say the oceans, teeming with life, might be a better place to search. As NPR's Eric Niiler reports, researchers are now scouring the seven seas in hopes of finding the next blockbuster drug.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, these storms can whip up walls of dust as high as 10,000 feet.

A new study says sophisticated fishing fleets are wiping out the world's most famous trophy fish. The research, published in the journal Nature, suggests fishermen have taken more than 90 percent of the biggest predatory fish out of the world's oceans since the 1950s. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

The head of an agriculture lobby and a market analyst talk about supply chain relief that U.S. producers and consumers can expect from the recently enacted Ocean Shipping Reform Act.

Questioning if fish bay at the moon could lead to ways to protect the ocean's damaged ecosystems. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on June 15, 2023.)

Forecasters say the storm system is expected to be at or near hurricane intensity as it makes landfall in the Leeward Islands on Friday. Up to 10 inches of rain and 3 feet of storm surge could follow.