Rodenticides, used by farmers to keep rodent populations down and protect their crops, can cause all sorts of harm to wildlife, especially birds. But this week on Possibly we're talking to some ...

Advocates are calling for an unorthodox method to fight invasive species like the European green crab: just cook them up and eat them!

The southern Rhode Island coastline is one of the most picturesque stretches of waterfront in the state, but unless you own property or are staying in a resort, it’s often hard—and in some cases ...

When you walk the Quonochontaug Barrier Beach, you’re hard pressed to spot signs of human development—no seaside cottages, luxurious summer getaways, telephone poles, or paved roads. Piping plovers ...

Sabrina and Jonathan Harlan look over their current property tax bill inside their house in Woonsocket, RI. Credit: Matthew Healey for the Public’s Radio Sabrina Harlan stared at the letter from the ...

The union representing workers at ABC6 is calling for a boycott of the station and NBC 10 in response to how WJAR-TV’s owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group, recently acquired the non-signal operations for ...

Late last year, Brown University transferred some 255 acres of land it owned in Bristol to a trust associated with the Pokanoket Tribe. That came after a separate land trust associated with another ...

People walk around Nusantara, where Indonesia aims to move its capital. Jakarta, the current capital and the world’s largest city, is sinking. (Claire Harbage | NPR) NUSANTARA, Indonesia — Deep in the ...

RIPTA is facing service cuts in response to an $18 million budget shortfall. Credit: Mareva Lindo/The Public’s Radio There’s not much that can be done to prevent a series of proposed service cuts to ...

Brown University history professor Mack Scott grew up Indigenous in Rhode Island. He moved to the Narragansett reservation in Charlestown in middle school, where he was steeped in his culture. But ...

On Monday, the city of Providence released a nearly 200-page document detailing the centuries of systemic inequities faced by the city’s black and indigenous residents. The report is the first step in ...

Helena DaSilva Hughes, president of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center, said she’s been talking with Portuguese officials in the Azores to understand what families will need in order to “self-deport.” ...