The Winding Stairs Alpha Fire in Nantahala National Forest is 90% contained, with efforts bolstered by recent rainfall and ...

The reported number of wildfires nationwide was noticeably higher than the five and 10-year averages, according to the report. Nearly 77,850 wildfires burned throughout the nation in 2025, compared ...

Much of the western U.S. is overdue for wildfire, with decades of suppression allowing fuel to build up across millions of hectares. Researchers estimate that 74% of the region is in a fire deficit, ...

A wildfire sparked Wednesday afternoon in southern Flagler County, near U.S. 1, officials said. The wildfire sparked brief ...

Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service gather to pray on Jan. 15, 2025, in Altadena amid deadly wildfires that raged across the Los Angeles area. (Photo by John Locher/Associated Press) President ...

A smoky haze from a wildfire on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula obscures the Chugach Mountains 60 miles (100 km) away in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. AP Photo/Mark Thiessen BILLINGS, Mont. - ...

In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s coniferous forests ...

One year on from the catastrophic L.A. wildfires, journalist, author, and MS NOW correspondent Jacob Soboroff examines what the fires reveal about America’s growing age of disaster. Drawing from his ...