Canada's drinking water can remain at risk long after wildfires burn out, according to a UBC-led global review that found ...

NASA is studying the science of wildfires on the ground and in the air with their FireSense mission in an effort to better understand wildfire behavior and help response in the future. NBC News' Jacob ...

Researchers studying Northern California’s wildfire-prone forests have identified deciduous oaks and accumulations of dry debris as the leading threats to power line integrity, a finding that could ...

Wildfires across the western United States are burning with an intensity that can overwhelm suppression crews, and multiple ...

Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are studying how smoke from the January wildfires will affect the region’s birds. It’s part of a broader scientific effort to understand the ...

Trauma, such as experiencing a wildfire, can have lingering impacts on decision-making, according to a UC San Diego study published Wednesday. Researchers dubbed the condition “climate trauma.” The ...

We asked experts who study wildfire behavior how they would redesign a community to protect it against fire. Their answers might surprise you. It can sound counterintuitive, but increased density can ...

Recent years have seen a surge in interdisciplinary research aimed at improving wildfire evacuation policies and understanding human behaviour in emergencies. Scholars are now combining traffic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research associate Terry McGlynn works surrounded by taxidermy animals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where ...