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Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to...

Faith Kearns, Arizona State University As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim...

Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires...

Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Institution Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025...

Yellow jerseys of the fireline: A day fighting wildfires can require...

Brent C. Ruby, University of Montana For three weeks in July, the world’s most elite bike racers climb steep...

How a hurricane fueled wildfires in the Florida Panhandle

David Godwin, University of Florida The wildfires that broke out in the Florida Panhandle in early March 2022 were...

Deer have antlers, walruses have tusks – here’s why so few...

Alexandre V. Palaoro, Clemson University and João C. T. Menezes, UMass Amherst Mating season in the animal kingdom can...

EXPLORING NATURE

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...

Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States....
A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

Can the world quit coal?