Should grizzlies be brought back to the North Cascades? 'Wild' listeners weigh in We tried a little experiment with our Instagram followers for The Wild (@thewildpod). Before our episode on bears in the North Cascades we polled them to ask: Should grizzlies be reintroduced to this area? Kara McDermott
Major River Flooding, Outbreaks Of Tornadoes: Is This What Climate Change Looks Like? This week the central U.S. has flooded and experienced deadly and damaging tornadoes. When it comes to what Americans could see more of due to climate change — the links are present, but complicated. Rebecca Hersher
Scientists Know How Tornadoes Form, But They Are Nearly Impossible To Predict NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Patrick Marsh, a meteorologist at NOAA's Storm Prediction Center, about why tornadoes are so difficult to predict.
A Sea Of Sagebrush Disappears, Making Way For Fire-Prone Cheatgrass In the past two years more than 800,000 acres in Northern Nevada have burned. The traditional sagebrush rangeland is being replaced by cheatgrass that burns hotter and more frequently. Ashley Ahearn
Whale strikes could get more common as humpback numbers grow NOAA believes it was a humpback whale that a ferry hit in Elliot Bay last night Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
How Oklahoma Is Coping With Devastating Floods Across The State NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Col. Christopher Hussin, of Army Corps of Engineers in Oklahoma, about the state's levee system and the threat it faces from historic flooding.
Rain Keeps Falling In Oklahoma As State's Levees Are Tested A surge of floodwater is moving from Oklahoma and into Arkansas. The rain has been relentless the past month and swollen rivers and tributaries are overwhelming some cities. Nathan Rott
After Paradise, Living With Fire Means Redefining Resilience Across the West, hundreds of communities are vulnerable to wildfires. But wildfire and recovery experts warn that the impulse to re-create what was there before disaster is misguided and dangerous. Eric Westervelt
In Oklahoma, Tulsa Braces For More Flooding, Big Test Of The City's Levees Record rainfall and flooding are causing all sorts of problems in Oklahoma. And more rain is predicted to make it even worse. In Tulsa, thousands of people have been evacuated. Matt Trotter
Black bear goes island hopping around Puget Sound Bill Radke talks to Lyanda Haupt about the bear that's been swimming to the different islands. Sarah Leibovitz