UC Santa Barbara’s location provides a refuge from wildfires. The university protrudes into the ocean, which limits the ...

In contrast, the racial/ethnic background in Altadena, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is the following: 46% white, 18% ...

The devastating fires in Los Angeles have numerous secondary effects as scientists are finding out now off the coast of ...

Watching the wildfires devastate a major U.S. city has many of us wondering: Could it happen here? Research shows our ...

It’s too soon to know the toll these fires have taken on wildlife, particularly wide-ranging carnivores like mountain lions.

Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the ...

The increased frequency and size of conflagrations like those burning in LA threaten even species that evolved with wildfires ...

On the slopes of Mount Kalatungan, a protected area on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, rows of robusta ...

As wildfires relentlessly sweep across Southern California and other parts of the world, Manzhu Yu, an assistant professor of ...

This extended drought, exacerbated by Santa Ana winds, has rendered the landscape increasingly vulnerable. Current data from ...

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