The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

Swap the hustle and bustle of busy cities like Los Angeles for California’s redwood forests and dreamy beaches. These 13 ...

Prescribed fires are a critical tool to preventing catastrophic wildfires. Such controlled burning helps reduce the intensity ...

The blazes are being propelled by the strongest winds in southern California for more than a decade, and are being fuelled by ...

When mankind comes into conflict with Mother Nature, she usually wins, as seen in the horrific California wildfires.

The fires that have incinerated large swathes of southern California this month are among the deadliest and most destructive in the state’s history. Scientists say that the blazes also have ...

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in nearby soil.

Human nature, in the end, is our Achilles heel ... whether it’s having an earthquake kit at the ready or clearing brush. California is not alone in this regard. Coastal Florida, for example ...