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Understanding the lives of animals can illuminate our own — and those of loved adolescents too. But authors Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers at times push cross-species links too far.

Time to put down the beach reads and pick up some substantive, immersive new young adult books — from a monstrous fantasy, to a refugee's tale, to a story that brings new meaning to haunted houses.

Whatever your relationship with Journey's 1981 hit, a perseverance anthem that has itself persevered, there is no escaping the longing it evokes for youth, love and a chance at greatness.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Stuart Murdoch of the Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian about their new album Days of the Bagnold Summer.

In author Jesse Ball's universe, which runs too closely parallel to our own, human worth has been reduced, negated, argued out of existence. But it has left an echo, one with a haunting symphony.

The price of vanilla is 10 times higher than it was a few years ago. That's bringing unimagined wealth to local villages — and problems as well.

The number of manned fire lookouts in the U.S. is dwindling, as technology is increasingly used to spot and monitor wildfires. But can technology replace a human watch?

Nicholas Lemann's book seeks to put into context the turn that, little more than a decade ago, led to a caving economy — and takes a look at where things have gone since.

State regulators and even one medevac company have raised doubts about prepaid subscriptions and promised benefits offered by air ambulance companies. Gaps in coverage can be a problem.

Kate Lynnes of Albuquerque, N.M., shares her "signature song," "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Marvin Gaye, which inspired her to become an environmental consultant.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest PBS documentary, Country Music.

The physicist dives into fraught territory, taking up the age-old debate over quantum mechanics — aiming to convince readers that the Many Worlds interpretation is the one that describes reality.