Across the American West, what looks like a leafy success story of fast-growing shade and windbreaks is doubling as a vast, ...

Some of the world's most destructive bushfires take place in the southern state. Its unique mix of fierce winds, high fuel loads and rugged terrain are to blame.

Every year, government workers around Australia start fires in the bush. The idea behind these prescribed burning programs is that removing dry leaves and branches reduces the chance of bigger, more ...

Longer, hotter, drier stretches of fire weather make fires more likely. Climate change is making severe fire weather more common around the world, raising the chances of worsened forest fire seasons, ...

After years of questionable policies, climate change and growing populations, wildfires have gotten worse in the western U.S., and around the world. That’s driven a push to use tools like thinning and ...