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Germany's woodlands, long associated with Grimm's Fairy Tales, are dying. After years of drought, the trees are now facing a new onslaught from bark beetles. Many believe climate change is the cause.

Nathan Englander's new novel is a satire on doubt and devotion, and it starts with a death — the death of an observant Orthodox Jew whose secular son is struggling with his religious obligations.

Social media giants like Facebook redefined how we use the internet. Now many major companies are seeing big changes. What does it mean for news online and what might come next?

Adelle Waldman's debut novel, The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., recounts a relationship's demise from the perspective of Nate, a young writer-type. Reviewer Lidia Jean Kott says Waldman is most incisive, however, when she gets out of Nate's head and comments about life in New York and class privilege.

The USDA is updating an important map for gardeners and growers picking plants and flowers. The new map shows the contiguous U.S. is about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the last map 11 years ago.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Ashlie Thomas, author of How to Become a Gardener, about the map gardeners and farmers use to determine when and where plants will thrive — based on season and temperature.

Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen is testifying in New York on Tuesday in a trial examining his former boss's finances and allegations of fraud.

Could artificial intelligence create bioweapons, undermine democracy and threaten the financial system? The U.K. hosts a global AI summit to seek answers and possible interventions.

Writer Kevin Roose followed eight new bankers through their first years on Wall Street. Reviewer Drew Toal says the book has a "solid sense of finance's corrosive day-to-day effects."

Explaining the draw of gawking at massive bears, a park ranger says, "You can follow the bears for years and really get to know their lives and their personalities and their soap operas."