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.

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

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utah’s 2025 wildfire season destroyed homes, forced evacuations, and burned more than 160,000 acres — and the state’s lone full-time wildfire investigator said the system is ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Daytona Beach brush fire grew to 160 acres and is 50% contained. Residents were evacuated temporarily and advised to be prepared for more ...

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 ...

In a windowless, warehouse-sized lab on campus, a team of CU Boulder researchers huddle around two wind tunnels—long metal tubes that blow air currents at controlled speeds. Laura Shannon, a graduate ...

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles The Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and ...