To cheers and applause from kids wearing spacesuits and star-studded T-shirts, a tree was planted in California that is out of this world. The so-called "Moon Tree"—grown with seeds that were flown ...

Recent years have seen some of the largest wildfires in California’s history, and one of the best approaches to limiting their damage is controlled burns that reduce natural fuel for the fires. But ...

Extreme wildfires have killed up to 20% of the world's mature giant sequoias since 2015, according to researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey's Western Ecological Research Center (WERC).

Chad Hanson, an ecologist with the John Muir Project, walks across a fallen tree during a hike to ascertain the growth of giant sequoias in the Redwood Mountain Grove in the Sequoia & Kings Canyon ...

A group of California’s beloved giant sequoia trees in an isolated grove in the central part of the state appear to have survived a major wildfire, although a few lingering embers were lodged in some ...