The Elk Fire is actively burning in the Bighorn National Forest, presenting significant challenges for local firefighters.

Gov. Doug Burgum was surveying damage in northwestern North Dakota from "historic" wildfires, while FEMA was approving aid ...

A man has been mauled to death by a wild brown bear while picking mushrooms in a Slovakian forest. The bear severed one of ...

State, local, federal, and tribal firefighters continue to battle large wildfires across western North Dakota, with efforts ...

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Vestal Peak is one of the state’s 13ers, nestled deep in the Grenadier Range of the San Juan Mountains in the state’s ...

The Elk Fire, located about six miles northwest of Dayton, Wyoming, has burned 25,085 acres since it started on Friday, ...

With high winds and red flag warnings behind them, firefighters in northern Wyoming expected to finally gain some containment ...

We were rafting down the Nantahala River in North Carolina, soon to brave my first Class III rapid. As I chatted with our ...

The Bear Den, Elkhorn, and Sprint Creek fires have burned more than 25,000 acres as of Sunday afternoon. Here's how officials ...

Each state in the Union offers ways to experience autumn colors through parks, drives and other public offerings. So get ...

Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today.