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Some 153 members of the Funk and Stubblefield families have signed their names to a petition aimed at changing the bylaws of the Funks Grove Cemetery Association board, whose members also sit on the Sugar Grove Foundation board — which oversaw the operations of the Sugar Grove Nature Center, an educational and programming resource that served around 20,000 visitors annually for nearly 20 years.

We'd explain further, but really, the headline kind of speaks for itself.

Research shows that ants are better at killing pests, reducing plant damage and yielding more crops.

Frontman Jason Pierce has been through a lot in the past decade: a bout of pneumonia, ongoing liver disease and a history of drug use. But in writing the band's latest album, he plays things safer.

Scientists say they are closer to knowing how, or rather why, the zebra got its stripes. It's an answer that would impress even Rudyard Kipling.

In the last two years, alone about 40 California towns and cities created bans on new gas hookups.

A new art-house drama tells three stories that span the century — and connect to one tree. Silent Friend will open your eyes to the beauty of the natural world.

A new edition of Bernard Malamud's classic baseball story, The Natural, was just released. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN about how the 1952 novel is more relevant than ever.

As part of Morning Edition's July 4th celebrations, we hear the stories of two new U.S. citizens, Joanne and Andy Daw who migrated from the U.K. What does it mean for them to be an American?

The documentary film Rivers and Tides focuses on the "wilderness art" of Andy Goldsworthy -- enhanced dramatically by the big screen. Goldsworthy uses natural elements to create work that is often ephemeral in nature. Los Angeles Times film critic Ken Turan offers a review.