The bar-tailed Godwit is a tall, long-billed sandpiper that has in recent years been crowned the champion long-distance migrant among, well, all animals, thanks to increasingly small satellite tracking devices.

Imagine a troller headed out to sea in search of its catch. Logbooks and experience tell the captain where to look. But ocean conditions are changing, and so is fish behavior. Historical knowledge is not as helpful as it once was.Today’s fishermen need more information, according to Melissa Sanderson, Chief Operating Officer of the Cape Cod Commercial Fisherman’s Alliance.

I went in the water yesterday, a little slower than the day before, slower still than July when it was hot, hot, hot. The water now is not. A stiff breeze made for an embarrassing race to my towel to dry off, if anyone was watching. No one was.

In the heart of downtown New Bedford, a city forged by the diversity of its fishing, merchant and whaling history, stands the New Bedford Community Health center. Its commitment to the city’s complex, multilingual fabric is deep: it provides health care regardless of a patient’s immigration status, and its website offers translation in more than 200 languages.

On this episode of The Garden Lady, C.L. speaks about fall rose care.

The charges come two months after the FBI executed a search warrant at Bolton's suburban Washington home.

NPR's legendary host and correspondent Susan Stamberg has died at age 87. She loved to explore Americans' relationship with culture — high and low — and shared that fascination with her listeners.

The Arizona Democrat would be the decisive signature on a petition to force a vote on releasing the records. But Speaker Mike Johnson says he will not swear her in until after the shutdown is over.