Wildfires destroy lives and livelihoods. But survivors and firefighters also suffer long-term harm to their health. A growing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildfire smoke is no longer just a seasonal nuisance—it’s becoming a persistent public health threat that demands our attention.

Thousands of homes were under evacuation orders and warnings on Sunday from wildfires in Northern California wine country and central Oregon as crews battled the flames in dry, hot weather. The ...

Major study finds chronic exposure to wildfire smoke PM2.5 linked to 24,000 USA deaths per year, with no safe threshold.

A wildfire that damaged and destroyed hundreds of structures in Ventura County was likely caused by wind-whipped debris from an earlier fire that started days earlier, arson investigators announced ...

As wildfires grow more destructive across the nation and around the world, researchers at the University of California are racing to understand the forces driving these blazes and find new ways to ...

Wildfire causes most living things to flee or die, but some fungi thrive afterward, even feasting on charred remains. New University of California, Riverside research finds the secret to post-fire ...