An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire in waters off the main island of Java on Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing as rescuers and passing vessels evacuated ...

New research quantifies, for the first time, how much prescribed fire reduces mortality in the world's largest trees.

Something happened. It didn’t feel right. And your mind — possibly your infant mind or adolescent mind — said, “That was awful. I’m never going to let that happen again.” Then it tried an array of ...

Many Berkshire trees, such as ash or hemlock, are under siege by bugs or disease. Beech were already suffering from a bark disease and other blights, but there’s a new threat to beech leaves which, in ...

The rate of oil spills occurring has been reducing over the decades but they still happen too frequently. The consequences can be dire, especially for larger events, most notably in recent history was ...

The new HBO Burning Man documentary opens with a shot of the cracked desert floor, then grainy archival footage of the tall wooden man-shaped structure. “Every religion began with somebody in a desert ...