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This is the first installment of Mongabay’s coverage of beaver restoration in California. CHESTER, Calif. — The pictograph, ...
The Arlington County Fire Department went viral this week for helping rescue a pet toucan that got stuck behind a dishwasher.
Since 2020, at least 270 people in Maricopa County have died at home from heat-related causes when their cooling systems ...
TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without ...
Some of California's most popular national parks bring in millions of visitors each year. Take Yosemite National Park, home to one of the world's most iconic natural wonders, or the desert landscapes ...
A four-alarm fire damaged three homes and several cars in Chester, Pennsylvania, Wednesday night. The fire was on the 700 block of West 7th Street. Three homes were damaged, and the block was ...
Note that full containment doesn't mean the fire is completely out. In this case, it means that the wildfire has been fully ...
The Garnet Fire sparked from a lightning strike on Aug. 24 burned through parts of the Sierra National Forest in eastern Fresno County. It raged through an area from the Kings River at the southern ...
At the start of 2025, California was struck by devastating wildfires that burned over 50,000 acres and killed at least 30 ...
More than a week after the Pickett Fire started in California's Napa County, firefighters are making progress on the largest wildfire to burn in the Bay Area so far this year.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of ...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Police in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu opened fire Monday on demonstrators protesting a government ...