In regions where fire is a natural phenomenon, organisms have adapted to cope with periodic fires. Terrestrial mammals and ...

The fires raging around Los Angeles bring to mind another devastating U.S. fire that killed more than a thousand people on Oct. 8, 1871. The Great Chicago Fire? Right date, wrong event. I am ...

Experts cite the emergence of the El Nino phenomenon this year ... forest area was burnt across the country. The maximum fire-affected forest areas have been observed in Andhra Pradesh (5,286. ...