I attended the University of Montana as an undergraduate back in the 1970s. I had many professors who I felt were exceptional. The common denominator in ...

A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest is burning through a portion of a giant sequoias grove, setting some of the ancient towering trees on fire.

It's been more than one month since the Garnet Fire was sparked by lightning. Since then, thousands of firefighters from across the country traveled to help battle the blaze that destroyed almost ...

Firefighters in California are scrambling to save the ancient sequoia trees that are being threatened in a Sierra Nevada wildfire.

New research from Western Colorado University shows that the long-held conventional belief about aspen trees being resilient to wildfires is more than just an anecdotal assumption. Matt Harris, a ...

Five years ago, the Labor Day fires burned more than a million acres across Oregon and Washington. Since then, researchers at Portland State University have been tracking the post-fire changes to the ...

"We're not seeing signs of them dying off," one of the study's lead authors told NBC News. "They are increasing in size and ...

Firefighters are working to prevent further losses of ancient sequoia trees in California as the Garnet Fire continues to burn in the Sierra National Forest.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Target shooting and restricted ‘exploding targets’ have caused five fires in Oregon since May, state officials said, adding that some people should brush up on the rules before ...

Lightning was caught on camera hitting a tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9. Security camera footage captured the strike on the property of Mike Smith, who was not home at the time but was ...