After thousands of homes were destroyed, many are looking for ways to make Los Angeles safer from wildfires. But clearing ...

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for ...

Chaparral, Calif.’s fire-adapted ecosystem, often goes overlooked. That is, except for when the high severity firestorms blaze through human communities. Chaparral was quickly lambasted during ...

Fire spotters used to watch with binoculars from forest towers. Now, technology can help forecast fire behavior, but human ...

What many may not know about the fires that occur near Los Angeles is that it’s located in the middle of a chaparral shrubland, a type of ecosystem that grows up around rocky Mediterranean-type ...

Wildfire experts and politicians must focus on saving lives and neighborhoods from future fires, and rebuild in a fire-safe ...

We explain what’s known about how the catastrophic L.A. wildfires started and the factors that scientists do -- and don’t -- ...

Large wildfires in the desert were once rare. Now experts worry that invasive plants and a changing fire cycle are putting our saguaros and our homes in danger.

Chaparral is the most widespread vegetation type in California. The majority of the landscape burning in the LA fires consists of chaparral. Photo George Wuerthner Some of the misguided folks that ...

Nor would mastication or other removal of native chaparral have helped in the Los Angeles fires, as such actions only cause chaparral to be replaced by highly combustible invasive grasses ...