Wildfires once ran on deadlines. After a series of catastrophic blazes in the early 20th century, the U.S. Forest Service sought to show it was able to control and protect forests under its care. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep into fire season, it is hard to imagine how a fire which grows a few hundred thousand acres gets contained, but fire fighters ...

One of the problems with how America deals with wildfires is thinking there is one primary strategy that can end the nation’s wildfire crisis. Whether that’s detecting and putting out every fire fast, ...

The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit news organization bringing readers facts and analysis from researchers and scientists to help them make sense of a complex world. One of the problems with ...

Globally, wildfire seasons are getting worse with climate change, resulting in more frequent, more severe and larger wildfires. The recent L.A. fires are emblematic of fire behavior changing in ...