Trees may be more resilient to future dry spells than scientists first thought.

Historians and scientists discovered how colonisation in eastern Europe changed ecosystems – and the societies embedded in them.

A fire scientists offers a six-point strategy for preventing wildfires and living safely in flammable landscapes.

Restoring western forests – thinning out small trees and dead wood – is an important strategy for reducing the risk of massive wildfires. But these projects aren't fast, easy or cheap.

Conservation or copper? A proposed mine in northern Minnesota pits industrial jobs against a thriving outdoor economy.

Local adaptation allows plants and animals to thrive in a diversity of places. Sometimes adaptation sharpens patterns of where organisms live, but 85% of the time, it creates a more homogeneous world.

Debating whether climate change or forest management has caused the devastating wildfires in California, Washington and Oregon is a false choice.

As in humans, environmental changes provoked chimpanzees to develop a diverse range of behaviours.

Wildfires blanketing several Western cities are creating hazardous health conditions. Don't count on cloth masks to protect your lungs.