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When it comes to surviving the warming climate, scientists are finding that some plants and animals have an edge. The hope is that these "super adapters" can help preserve their species.

Intense storms ravage Florida. Heat makes it deadly during the day, but a few people stay. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Lily Brooks-Dalton about her new novel, "The Light Pirate."

The decision overturned Chevron v. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a 1984 decision that was not particularly controversial when it was announced 40 years ago.

Gov. Pritzker’s administration says $130 million in federal funding promised to Illinois for expansion of affordable rooftop solar was illegally halted.

A Bloomington woman who sued State Farm for wrongful firing, retaliation, and a hostile workplace environment caused by racism has had part of her case restored after a lower court tossed it out.

The colorful and distinctive works of a much-admired central Illinois landscape painter are currently on view in an exhibition that highlights the various…

The Children’s Discovery Museum announced Saturday that it plans to replace its medical exhibit with a new, larger space that will help kids learn about…

The federal government has released 50 years of previously classified data on the Arctic Ocean, collected by the U.S. and Russian armed forces. Some believe the data will provide new clues into how global climate has changed over the past half-century. NPR's David Baron reports.

A new study on Inuit in Greenland suggests that Arctic peoples evolved genetic adaptations that allow them to get by mostly on seal blubber and meat without developing health problems.

Since the delightful snafu that led to the research vessel's goofy moniker, the autonomous submarine has been off gathering deep-sea data on the effects of Antarctic winds.