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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro pays a visit to Larch Hanson, who has been harvesting wild seaweed in Maine for more than 40 years.

Bears preparing for hibernation need to eat as much as they can for the winter. In Alaska, this habit has turned into an Ursine March Madness with bears going head-to-head to see who is the fattest.

Emergency managers in western Iowa are preparing for the Missouri River to crest above flood stage this week from high amounts of rain in the forecast,…

A community in western Iowa is using state flood recovery money to build a berm around town in hopes it will protect people from future flooding.…

One out of every five working families in Iowa earns too little money to meet their basic needs without public support programs, according to a new…

Southbound Interstate 29 from Crescent to Council Bluffs has reopened to motorists, but could quickly close again due to more flooding, the Iowa…

A growing subculture of savvy consumers is finding new ways to game credit card points. But it's not a game for everyone.

Humanity is not on track to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. Delegations from nearly 200 countries are meeting to discuss promises they made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Michelle Dockery and Elizabeth McGovern from the movie "Downton Abbey," based on the award-winning series about the owners and workers at a great English estate.

Updated at 10:40 p.m. Sept. 20.The Iowa Department of Transportation has closed a 3-mile stretch of Interstate 680 near the Missouri River, the second…