Buying and selling reptiles is a billion-dollar industry, and one that has had devastating ecological consequences.

While many older Americans turn their nose up at the idea of content creation, young people are leaning in. Arizona State University is looking to capitalize, offering a content creation major.

Researchers are facing barriers to track the spread of the disease because of restrictions on grants that would allow them to track the spread in Mexico.

European Union nations are downplaying tensions after tens of thousands of people entered Spanish territory from Morocco last week and as right-wing parties try to capitalize on anti-migration sentiment.

As more police departments across the country turn to artificial intelligence-powered cameras to fight crime, the Atlanta-based company Flock Safety has emerged as a leader in the growing industry for license plate readers.

The July jobs report shows that employers cut 23,000 jobs, yet unemployment dropped slightly to 4.1% due to people leaving the workforce.

A severe drought and a slew of infrastructural issues have led to the water supply in Puerto Rico becoming extremely limited.

It's a major ruling in the ongoing debate over social media and children’s safety.

Boston Globe sports reporter Alex Speier joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the team's transformation.

In Massachusetts, Head Start serves more than 10,000 children who come from poor households, experience homelessness or live in foster care. Early childhood advocates say the proposed changes would compromise support for vulnerable children. 

If passed, Question 3 would replace party primaries in Massachusetts with an "all-party" system in which all candidates — Democrats, Republicans, etc. — compete in the same preliminary election and the top two finishers advance to the general election. Opponents say that will give Republicans more influence in Massachusetts.

An AI-based private school will open two locations in Boston, including the space once used by one campus of the scandal-plagued Croft School in Jamaica Plain.

If my infant son can carry the imprint of my love without remembering the specifics of these early years, then maybe my grandmother’s love can find me in the same way, writes Arielle Gray. “Maybe, even if she can no longer identify me, something in her still recognizes the shape of me.”

In this first episode of "You Could Make This Beautiful," actor Henry Winkler tells hosts Maggie Smith and Faith Salie about the poetry he's found in everything from fly fishing, to the music of Lin-Manuel Miranda, to the acting performances of the late Robin Williams. Poet...

In this second episode of You Could Make This Beautiful, hosts Maggie Smith and Faith Salie talk to Peter Sagal, host of the NPR news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! about a prophetic reading at his first wedding, the poem that has haunted him throughout his life,...

This week on Endless Thread it's a producer takeover with Grace Tatter and Kalyani Saxena serving up some delicious online stories. First, Kalyani digs into why the internet is so hungry for perpetual stews (a stew that is simmered and added on to in perpetuity). Then, Grace dishes on a listener conundrum about whether salty Reddit posts are worse for us than sweet ones.

Show notes:

• ZAQ_Makes' Stewtheus (TikTok)
• Want to try perpetual stew? Some tips for avoiding foodborne illness (NPR)
• r/GirlDinnerDiaries (Reddit)
• Does Venting Your Feelings Actually Help? (Greater Good Magazine)
• Endless Thread Subreddit 

This episode was produced by Frannie Monahan and co-hosted by Kalyani Saxena and Grace Tatter. It was edited by Dave Shaw. Mix and sound design by Paul Vaitkus.

Our miniseries finale features comedian Mike Birbiglia and poet J. Hope Stein talking about the poetry in comedy and the comedy in poetry. The couple co-authored the book "The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad" and occasionally bring their mix of joke...

Ty Cobb served as special White House counsel in the first Trump administration. Now, he’s one of the president’s loudest critics. Ty Cobb talks about why he thinks the president is no longer fit for office.

You can catch three different celestial events this month: a partial solar eclipse, the Perseids meteor shower and a near-full lunar eclipse. Here's when and how you can see each of them.

The jury in Latarsha Sanders' murder trial did not have access to thousands of pages of medical records showing that she suffered from undiagnosed schizophrenia. The state Supreme Judicial Court ruled that was a key error warranting a new trial. 

The flu shot uses the same technology as the COVID-19 vaccines.

The Africans on the intercepted ships carrying enslaved people were taken to the remote island of St. Helena where thousands died of disease and were buried in mass graves.

China is a vast and diverse country with a wide range of cuisines.

Many people may be hearing about postpartum psychosis for the first time in relation to Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman on trial for the deaths of her three children.

Vuong's first solo exhibition opens at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday.

In recent months, millions of Americans’ cell phones have been been flooded with texts asking questions about Israel.

The Trump administration is moving to deregulate Head Start early learning programs.

Dr. Gail Saltz explains what the Food and Drug Administration’s plans to provide an ultra-fast review of three psychedelic drugs mean, as well as the costs and benefits of these drugs.

The largest human composting facility in the nation is soon opening in Maryland, with a capacity to handle 2,000 bodies a year. It’s meeting a growing demand for eco-friendly interment options.

A Supreme Court decision from June made it easier to turn away people at the border seeking asylum.