Wildfire is a natural process that has existed for as long as vegetation has covered the Earth. Occasional fires in a forest are healthy. They clear out dead wood and leaf and branch litter, leaving ...

Analysis by an international team of scientists showed 440 million people were threatened by fire encroaching on their homes ...

A wildfire broke out Tuesday evening near Alligator Alley in the US state of Florida. Firefighters and authorities are ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have spotted a contradiction in worldwide wildfire trends: Despite a 26% decline in total burned area from 2002 to 2021, the ...

PORT ALBERNI — The highest-profile wildfire in British Columbia, which triggered several evacuation orders on Vancouver Island last week, is no longer burning out of control.

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we explore why some power companies are switching off power during heat waves ...

Firefighting resources have been dispatched to combat the Ransome Fire, which was detected Thursday morning in the Quartz Creek area on the Libby Ranger Distric ...

A few days into the new year, the Palisades Fire broke out. The deadly wildfire killed a dozen people, eviscerated homes and livelihoods, and charred thousands of acres of land in Malibu and the ...

LOS ANGELES — In the Sierra Nevada, private lands used for logging are more likely to experience high-severity fire that ...

The trial is expected to last eight weeks, from late September through early November, with billions of dollars on the line ...

The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office has placed several homes in the Forest Lakes area under a pre-evacuation status as a new wildfire burns in north-central Arizona.

Over a seven-day period, the quantitative precipitation estimates nearly 2 inches of rain will fall in some mountain towns and over the San Juan Mountains. Lower valley locations could reach 0.75 - ...