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Alok Shukla is one of the winners of the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize. He's cited for a campaign to keep a company from felling a forest in India to excavate the coal that lies beneath.

Outdoor cats kill as many as 4 billion birds each year in this country. But how many cats are there, really? Now a team of technicians is trying to count Washington, D.C.'s feral felines.

In a remote village, poor children are on the front line of an education battle. The village's only educated person aims to teach them — and shame teachers who are paid but don't show up for work.

China typically buys close to half of the soybeans grown in the U.S. But the ongoing trade war means farmers in the Midwest must consider other options — and none are as profitable.

Scott Simon talks with Ellen Jovin, author of "Rebel With A Clause," about the many grammar questions she's fielded from the public and whether it's ever OK to correct someone's grammar.

Despite the disappointing jobs numbers released Friday, there are some bright spots in the economy. The recession forced some workers to reconsider their careers and, in some cases, find new ones. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with two people who have rebounded into completely new fields: Donna Latta of Shelton, Conn., and Chris Cluck of Springfield, Mo.

At these softball playoffs for 11- and 12-year-old girls, you may hear singing. There's a chant for almost every moment in the game and all of them require full-on K-Pop, selfie energy.

Louisiana's crawfish industry is upended because processing plants can't get guest-worker visas for its seasonal workforce.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Benjamín Labatut about his new novel, "The Maniac," a fictionalized account of a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence.

Two young crabbers are carving out careers on the Chesapeake Bay in a field dominated by men in late middle-age. One is building a brand through Tiktok. The other practices the old ways.