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In Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, a group of American fly fishermen and Russian scientists work to protect one of the world's last remaining strongholds of wild salmon, steelhead and trout. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews, "A Philosophical Investigation," a new science-fiction book by British writer Philip Kerr.

Join an NPR/National Geographic Radio Expedition for a journey to Patagonia in Argentina. Visit with hundreds of thousands of Magellanic penguins and the researchers who study them.

Writer Henry Alford talks about searching for wisdom by criss-crossing the country to interview people over the age of 70. His findings make up a new book entitled How to Live: A Search for Wisdom From Old People.

Journalist Max Hastings discusses his new book, Armageddon. The book tells the story of the bloody and violent final months of World War II from the point of view of the people who suffered through those months — and lived to tell about it.

Strauss wasn't the only composer to take on the story of Salome--and Massenet's version was denounced as "incendiary" by the director of the Paris Opera.

By Stephen MeadorKure Beach, NC – There's a four-mile stretch of undeveloped coastline in Kure Beach known as the South End. It's part of the Fort Fisher…

2: Guitarist BILL FRISSELL. He's recognized as a "genius of the guitar;" one reviewer likened him to both a "painter and sonic psychopath:" "Mysterious grace notes emerge from the ether. Billowing sound clouds hover and haunt like the soundtrack to some David Lynch dream sequence." FRISSELL is a prolific performer and recording artist. His latest album, "Have a Little Faith," (Elektra) pays tribute to the American music makers such as Muddy Waters, Madonna, John Hiatt and John Philip Sousa.

Before Katrina menaced the Gulf Coast, the president was suffering the worst job approval ratings of his presidency. Criticism stemming from the war in Iraq, rising gasoline prices and the government's slow response to hurricane relief are contributing to the low approval ratings.

Science Fiction writer WILLIAM GIBSON. He's part of a small group of writers whose work is known as "cyberpunk" which combines the science of communication and control theory -- cybernetics -- with punk, an anti-social rebel or hoodlum. GIBSON's first novel, "Neuromancer, was the first novel to win Science Fiction's triple crown: the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards. GIBSON coined the term "cyperspace" to describe the "data highways" or the globe-circling, interconnected telephone network that connects billions of computer, voice, and fax systems. Cyperpunks think of the wires not so much as a conduit but as an actual place that can be entered. GIBSON's "Neuromancer" turned out to be a trilogy. He's got a new book that's part crime and science fiction, "Virtual Light." (Bantam