Hughes Fire Held to 10,000 Acres Despite Dangerous Wind Conditions
The blaze temporarily closed parts of Interstate 5 and prompted evacuation orders and warnings for more than 50,000 people.
The World's Largest Living Organism is Being Eaten Alive
On the slope of a Utah mountain, a 106-acre colony of cloned aspen trees is under threat from wildlife and climate change.
0 to 10,000 acres in just hours: Why did the Hughes Fire explode in size so fast?
A fast-spreading wildfire that erupted this week northwest of Los Angeles roared from nothing to nearly 10,000 acres − in a matter of hours.
Firefighters battle to maintain the upper hand on a huge fire north of Los Angeles
Officials remained concerned that the Palisades and Eaton fires could break their containment lines as firefighters continue ...
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The Tree That Stood Against Time May Finally Be Losing the Fight
Somewhere on the windswept coast of Washington lies an extraordinary gravity-defying spectacle, a rebellious little spruce known as ...
How wildfire, humans and a warming climate led to the extinction of California’s big mammals 13,000 years ago – podcast
Paleoecologist Emily Lindsey on the wildfires that led to mass extinction during California’s Ice Age. Listen to The ...
Bodhi Tree Concerts to highlight what is ‘intrinsically Mexican’ ahead of opera world premiere
Three concerts in La Jolla and a music festival in City Heights will precede next January’s opening of ‘Pancho Rabbit and the ...
Editorial: After the fires, must we get rid of our flammable eucalyptus and palm trees? Maybe not
Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent wildfires, Southern Californians have been encouraged, for years, to rip ...
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Champion Trees, Assemble! New Register Seeks To Crown The United States' Largest Trees
A new register seeks to identify "champion trees" in the United States, recognized for their enormous size and big leafy ...
China Builds World's Tallest Bridge: Towers 9 Times Higher Than Golden Gate
The new sky-high mega-bridge soars above a canyon in rural China, slashing travel times from over an hour to two minutes.
California Fires: Here's The Data Behind The Historic Blazes That Have Burned Through 40,000 Acres
Two weeks have passed since a destructive wave of wildfires first gripped southern California, burning tens of thousands of ...
Entry to These 20 National Parks Won’t Cost You a Dime
You can also have a national-park experience for free another way, by visiting one of the 20 national parks that don’t charge an entrance fee ever. Come and go as you please without dropping a dime.