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For its summer tour, the musical duo the Ditty Bops isn't traveling cross-country like most bands. For most of their California-to-New York trip, Abby Dewald and Amanda Barrett are riding their bikes. Their latest release is Moon Over the Freeway.

For the first time ever, scientists from around the world convened a meeting dedicated solely to animal acoustics -- how animals use sound. NPR's Christopher Joyce attended the meeting and reports on what scientists were listening for, and why.

Philadelphia native Adam Dorn, a.k.a. Mocean Worker, has assembled a collection of Manhattan's most revered underground soul, jazz and funk players to perform blissfully funky jazz rave-ups on his new album, Cinco de MoWo! Hear an interview and in-studio performance.

From Argentine improvisations to the dark night of a Viennese songwriter, NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin a multifarious mix of new releases.

In 1944, Brave New World author Aldous Huxley wrote his first and only children's book. It's called The Crows of Pearblossom and it isn't for the faint of heart. Daniel Pinkwater, our ambassador to the world of kid's lit, joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss the book's newly illustrated re-release.

Two Holyoke candidates are running for state auditor and secretary of state in the upcoming Massachusetts election.

People wax poetic about the majesty of nature — the vastness, diversity and colors. But, what about the comedy?

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the first moon walk, host Scott Simon speaks with author Andrew Chaikin and astronaut Alan Bean. Together, they have written and illustrated a book for children and young adults called Mission Control, This Is Apollo. Alan Bean was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, and was the fourth man to walk on the moon.

Get your bid ready because items that have been lost or abandoned at the airport will go up for sale next month at the Allegheny County Airport Authority's twelfth annual auction.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in northern Alberta are on the look out for a stolen taxidermy polar bear nicknamed "Harry."