Scars on trees left by fires hundreds of years ago are helping scientists understand past wildfire trends across North America and giving clues to how blazes might unfold with further climate change.

Scientists have found evidence in Sequoia National Park of a centuries-long dry spell — and clues about how the Sierra Nevada could be changing. The researchers studied tree rings on dead giant ...

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) — High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark ...

A section of forest floor shows sequoia seedlings on Redwood Mountain in September. Jeremy Clar Special to The Bee Two years ago, a mixed-intensity fire burned through Redwood Mountain sequoia grove ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) — ...