Vista Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service. The wildfire is believed to be ...

Human activity now fuels two-thirds of global methane emissions, report finds. Humans are now the primary driver of methane emissions, with the main sources stemming from agriculture, ...

Dump Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the National Park Service for 26 hours. It is suspected that human ...

Human activity appears to be making mountain lions in California more nocturnal. According to a new study published in the journal Biological Conservation, mountain lions in the greater Los ...

Human activities, including habitat change, pollution, and climate change, cause unprecedented alterations in biodiversity. These pressures can increase or decrease local species diversity and ...

Lightning strikes are one cause, but the majority of wildfires that threaten communities are sparked by human activities. Metal from cars or mowers dragging on the ground can spark fires.

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

To determine whether and how lions were adapting to human activity, the researchers monitored the movements of 22 big cats that were living in the Santa Monica Mountains and the surrounding area ...