It's no surprise that October is my favorite! Spooky season, Poe's death anniversary, cooled weather, creepy stories, free candy -- what's not to love! Here are a few of the new books available that might help kick off the season.

The plan drew comparisons to a similar one involving Yosemite National Park.

Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

THE EYE OF GOLIATH explores reality and madness, clarity and truth, light and fog. How will men of science handle themselves when their sanity it pushed to the brink? If a structural engineer who builds impervious structures in impossible places struggles with the unpinning of reality, what then? If a celebrated psychiatrist who has learned how the mind is wired can't untangle the skein, what then?

The British producer responsible for Jeremy Brett in the title role of Sherlock Holmes has passed.

Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records.

Red states claiming "sovereign injury" seek to impose nationwide restrictions.

“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned.