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This year, the animal kingdom was filled with triumph, loss and new discoveries. Here is a look at NPR's top animal stories of 2024.

When Yale's marching band wasn't able to make it to March Madness, the Sound of Idaho stepped in — and went viral. A week later, Connecticut's governor proclaimed a "University of Idaho Day."

Voters in four states weighed in on their parties’ presidential nominees, a largely symbolic vote now that both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have locked up the Democratic and Republican nominations.

An economist's harrowing escape from fire, and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

In this prequel to Mad Mad: Fury Road, Furiosa comes fully into her own as an action hero, hurling dynamite one minute and climbing up on top of the truck to fend off an attacker the next.

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

Great white shark tours have become popular around Cape Cod as more of the largest predator fish are showing up.

Pediatric cancer survival rates are a crowning medical achievement. But the impact of missing school is a less-discussed side effect children then face.

The proposal targets companies like RealPage, which uses private data on rental housing and artificial intelligence to help landlords set the highest rents possible.

The final day of election season is coming to an end as polling stations around the U.S. close. See what Election Day looked like across the country.