Grass fires burn far more American homes each year than forest fires. In southern Arizona, communities fight fires that never touch a tree.

The Agriculture Department's emergency classification map includes portions of land in Southern Arizona where logging of ...

EU-funded researchers are combining cutting-edge research with sustainable forestry practices to protect our forests and ...

The planet’s oceans, forests, and soil are well-known carbon sinks. The Arctic Boreal Zone (ABZ) is a particularly important one: for many centuries now, its tundra, coniferous forests ...

Amidst a protracted dry spell, forests in Jammu and Kashmir continue to go up in smoke, raising serious concerns about the region’s preparedness to tackle wildfires. The raging blazes have ...

Despite its high vulnerability to extreme weather events, Honduras continues to clear its forests, seen as one of its best protections against climate change and intensifying storms and hurricanes.

Now comes the destruction and predation on our national forests. How many years will it take new trees to grow, as well as new undergrowth? How many years, decades, will it take for the forests ...

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued an emergency order to increase timber harvesting across 113 million acres of national forests, and California is a primary target. The directive ...

Drone Explores Vast Beauty of Olympic National Park. From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's ...

An inmate at U.S. Penitentiary, Florence in southern Colorado died early Monday morning, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Theodore Clifton Matthews, 43, was found unresponsive at the high ...

Exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM 2.5) from wildfire smoke is linked to increased emergency department (ED) visits for mental health conditions, according to a recent study. The ...

The United States has announced sweeping changes to encourage more logging in the country's national forests. A new emergency order requires rolling back environmental protections on almost 60% of ...