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Rainforest species didn’t co-evolve with fire – and even a low intensity wildfire can kill half the trees.

Paleoecologist Emily Lindsey on the wildfires that led to mass extinction during California’s Ice Age. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.

A wildfire can be explained by today’s barbecue, yesterday’s wind direction, a dry spring, four decades of land use change, or a century of emissions.

An ecologist explains what happens next.

Wildfires are sweeping through parts of France and Spain causing havoc to many holidaymakers’ plans. Does travel insurance help with the extra bills?

Portugal’s wildfire has killed 64 people. Yet, as with Grenfell Tower in London, the risk of such a blaze was foreseeable.

The role of beavers in safeguarding against our heating climate has become an interesting point of discussion. But just how important remains subject to debate.

Scientists tend to study heatwaves and floods as discrete events – but this overlooks the crucial connections between them.

Forest fires emit twice as much carbon in the Brazilian Amazon as deforestation, according to new research.

Controlled burns can benefit ecosystems and prevent wildfires burning out of control.