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A chemistry teacher in Maine put a Twinkie on display for years until he retired — it held its shape and color. It now marks its 40-year anniversary, exhibited in a glass box in the dean's office.

Lakshmi Pratury reflects on the dozens of letters she received from her father, while he was alive, and on the painstaking time it takes to pen a letter.

After weeks of anticipation fueled by cryptic imagery, Justin Vernon and company have finally released the first Bon Iver album in five years.

The tortoise is more than 100 years old and lives in the Galapagos Islands. Diego's species was almost extinct until scientists say he got busy. He now has 800 offspring.

The NPR Politics team is back with its weekly roundup of political news to discuss the state of the race, answer listener questions and talk about what they just can't let go of this week.

The zoo and the Democratic Republic of Congo rehabilitate gorillas who lost families to poachers. The mom was alone which may be why she held her baby so closely that zookeepers couldn't get a look.

Uptown Cincinnati , the region's second largest job center after downtown, is being revived with a vibrant innovation corridor. New and improved retail,...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission wants to seize a 6-foot-long pet reptile — they say he's just too big. But he isn't a normal alligator says his owner, Mary Thorn of Lakeland, Fla.

A group of people in India reported seeing a humanoid object sail through the sky and fall to earth. Instead of finding an alien, authorities discovered a balloon shaped like Ironman.

The train burst past the end of its elevated tracks in the Netherlands. Instead of crashing to the ground, the train was caught and held aloft by an artist's massive sculpture of a whale's tail.