During extreme cold snaps, people sometimes report hearing trees 'explode.' Trees don’t literally blow apart, but they can crack suddenly, producing a loud bang. The cause is simple physics. When ...

The Bitterroot National Forest is lowering the fire danger from Extreme to High along with retracting Stage 2 fire ...

This year, the town of 15,000, which bills itself as the “Cherry Capital of the World,” hosted its weeklong celebration of ...

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Our sun is capable of storms far bigger than we've ever recorded. Studying the world's oldest trees suggests we could soon be ...

Phil Garrigan, chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council, told Reuters the number of wildfires had now exceeded last year's total of 1,017.

A $5 million donation from the Barton Family Foundation established the Glen and Polly Barton Educational Endowment Fund to ...

The Linda Lindas are no longer just the L.A. punk band that broke out as kids. On their third album and major label debut, Gotta Get Out, they’re expanding their sound and songwriting. What's next: ...

When a wildfire broke out in the Müritz National Park of north-eastern Germany in July, it was no routine firefighting job. Bomb disposal teams had to work alongside firefighters because the forest ...

The Normal Fire Department broke its previous call volume record by responding to 108 emergencies within 24 hours following a ...