The Cairo Fossil Forest is the second oldest in the world. These forests mark a turning point in Earth's history because they ...

The Trump administration has proposed reopening the Tongass National Forest to road-building, setting the stage for more logging, mining and development in the heart of North America’s largest ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Wednesday marks the 115th anniversary of The Great 1910 Fire, "The Big Burn", the largest forest fire in American history. The fire burned 3 million acres of timber in Washington, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) In other words, more fire is coming, more often. As U.S. forests burn, Congress and ...