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Orcas are lingering longer in the Arctic Ocean, as sea ice there shrinks. The whales often travel to access varieties of prey, but it's likely there are now more hunting opportunities in the Arctic.

Researchers suggest typically loyal albatross could be divorcing more because of climate change. The scientific term for when an albatross couple calls it quits is called divorce.

NPR's Jon Hamilton monitors the storm from the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Relief has begun trickling into Myanmar after the weekend's devastating Cyclone Nargis. James East of World Vision, one of the few aid agencies with a longstanding presence there, talks about the challenges ahead.

Indonesian authorities closed an airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano Thursday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, and the possibility of a tsunami.

From lack of snow to wildfires, a record-warm winter had impacts across the country. Scientists say winters are warming faster than any other season in the U.S.

The Chinook got shook when their truck got cooked. Now the salmon are swimming — but in the wrong brook.

The former foreign minister for the Marshall Islands, Tony deBrum, has died. He was an advocate for climate policies that would keep his homeland from drowning under rising seas.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

As Deputy Director of President George W. Bush's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Kuo hoped to be a force inside the White House advocating for the poor. He left after two years, disillusioned and believing he had been used solely to recruit evangelical voters. Kuo, who died Friday at 44, talked to Fresh Air in 2006.