Firefighters are battling a wildfire burning in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, leading to trail and campsite closures.

A lot of us might assume that most homes that are destroyed by wildfires were in obvious, high fire-risk areas, like on the edge of forests that frequently burn. But wildfires are a faster-growing and ...

Wildfire smoke is no longer just a seasonal nuisance—it’s becoming a persistent public health threat that demands our attention. As once-rare events grow more frequent and intense, the impact of ...

The United States is one of the largest countries on Earth. It covers an astonishing amount of land, and a lot of it is very humid, with millions of acres of tree-lined land. This means, unfortunately ...