Wildfires are often thought to be a problem for western North America, but climate change and other factors are making fires nastier in the East, especially this year.

Large fires, fueled by a record breaking drought, have been destroying homes and timber plantations in Southeastern states.

Climate change is responsible for thousands of wildfire-related deaths and $11 billion in associated losses every year, a new ...

We cannot pretend climate change is not real — as the Trump administration insists. New Jersey's orange skies fueled climate ...

Like climate change in general, drought acts as a “threat multiplier,” and making the drought-climate connection helps ...

Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and increased humidity. But a study released Friday says climate change is making burning weather more around the clock in ...

Wildfires raging this week in southern Georgia and northern Florida were fueled by a combination of hot and windy conditions, severe drought and dried-out vegetation from past hurricanes all feeding t ...

Extreme weather from climate change is forcing Georgia snakes to adapt, changing behaviors to survive droughts and wildfires.

Ecosystems are not being able to adapt as quickly as the climate is changing. Scientists are turning to genetic work to guide ...

As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide restoration.

The Golden State could face a potentially wildfire-prone summer amid a lack of snowfall and warming weather, and emergency ...