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When we talk about LGBTQ issues, it’s the T that we often leave out of the discussion. That’s at least in part because the Ts are a minority even inside the community. But are they small in number because they’re small in number – or because it’s a much harder road to take? On this third edition of Queer in the Cape Fear, we’re seeking to do a better job of understanding the T.

Lost and tucked away in a private collection for over 150 years, one of J.M.W. Turner's earliest oil paintings has been rediscovered.

BPR spoke with three Forest Service employees who worked on wildfires throughout the WNC communities they call home.

Francine DeCoursey grew up in Charleston, South Carolina during the era of legal racial segregation. A young white girl living near a largely Black community in the segregated American South, she grew to know and love Gullah Geechee culture. And she met Dixie Lee, her childhood best friend. It was here that she also received an early and direct education about the cruelty and harm of racism.

Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers.

Researchers were shocked to find that the eyeballs of shrimp develop, not based on how deep they live in the ocean, but by the animal's ability to emit light through bioluminescence and the need they have to see the signals from other deep sea animals. In other words, the need to communicate could be a key factor. Dr. Lorian Schweikert also details how their underwater camera captured the first video ever of a giant squid in the Gulf of Mexico.

Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial experiment that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen about the record number of shipwreck discoveries in the Great Lakes in recent years, including two just in the last several months.

ICYMI: Scientists out of Duke University say fish in the Lower Cape Fear River are more contaminated than previously thought, and fish consumption advisories have been dangerously outdated. They've also learned that the people who fish from the river are not necessarily doing it for sport. People are eating the fish and sharing it with others, and in this episode of CoastLine, we'll learn which fish are safer and how to cook them to minimize contaminants

Kendrick Lamar won the most trophies of any artist, Bad Bunny made history by taking home the album of the year award and Olivia Dean won best new artist.