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Crows can count... out loud! They do so similarly to human toddlers who are learning to tally things up. A neuroscientist trained birds to produce a number of calls in response to random visual cues.

A study finds that carrion crows can be taught to count and make vocalizations that indicate the number counted, much in the same way that human toddlers do.

Famine has been officially declared in northern Gaza, a U.N.-backed group of experts warns — marking the first such confirmation in the Middle East.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.

The House version of the tax bill would revoke credits for EVs starting at the end of this year. If the plan survives, it would dramatically shape automaker investments and EV sales.

After months of political turmoil, South Korea has elected Lee Jae-myung, of the main liberal party, as the new president.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about balancing leadership and motherhood.

An expression in Italy is being used to mean insulating yourself from the world's unpleasantness.

On Tuesday morning, more than two dozen people were killed as they tried to collect emergency food aid near a distribution site in Gaza -- the third mass-casualty event in three days.

Eight months after Hurricane Helene, communities in western North Carolina still see evidence of the storm's destruction. For many, the biggest problem remains finding an affordable place to live.