A fire broke out at Loughermore Forest in Dungiven in County Londonderry on Wednesday evening.

A research lab in Washington State tracks ecological changes in a warming climate and provides scientific guidance for forest managers. It is one of 57 such facilities being shuttered.

The fire was set by state forestry crews to clear leftover scraps from a recent timber harvest and create the kinds of bare conditions that pitch pine – a once-common tree species in Connecticut that officials say is now rare and at-risk – needs to regenerate.

Firefighters responded to a reported forest fire Wednesday morning, and stayed on the scene for several hours.

In 2025, the world razed less forest than any other year in the last decade. The bad news: global warming is making wildfires more frequent and intense.

As flames crept across the steep, dry slopes near Arethusa Falls over the weekend, Mark Dindorf found himself confronting a familiar and frustrating reality: a small town

The loss of tropical rainforests eased last year, according to new analysis, but scientists warn they are still disappearing rapidly.

Wildfires in the Apalachicola National Forest have burned over 8,200 acres since mid-March. Crews continue to work on containment amid a drought.

Wildfires in Georgia and Florida continue to scorch thousands of acres more than a week after the blazes began. Maps show where they are burning.

The U.S. Forest Service is working to remove trees downed by the December 2025 before wildfire season sweeps through.

The South Carolina Forestry Commission said one reason flames did not reach buildings nearby was how quickly water-dropping planes were sent from the state capitol to Carolina Forest.

Selective forest thinning, however, has been successfully used for years in Washington to prevent uncontrollable wildfires, especially around the East Cascades.  Now that this method of fire prevention has been developed and integrated into Washington forest management practices,