Epic events like the Southern California wildfires do not have a singular cause. While we don’t yet know the official causes ...

Steve Spangler explains the science of wind and wildfires with wind being a factor in the Los Angeles wildfires.

In doing so, officials put into practice years’ worth of research into wildfire evacuations. The field is small but growing, ...

Over the past several days, the world has watched on in shock as wildfires have devastated large parts of Los Angeles. Beyond ...

Parts of Southern California are covered with pink fire retardant as firefighters try to control deadly wildfires raging in ...

United by Fire lays out key insights from the two largest blazes in Colorado history, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires of 2020.

While authorities don't know what sparked the deadly fires in the Los Angeles area, they do know that embers have helped ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is home to one of the nation’s leading research centers devoted to fires — how they start, ...

Policymakers face the urgent task of reducing wildfire risks. Fortunately, they have a range of opportunities to update and ...

"If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for very rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior," the NWS warns.

Federal and state government officials sought to use the ancestral knowledge of Native Americans to combat wildfires in ...