Sitting in the middle of the Iranian plateau, the Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert, is the planet’s 24th largest desert.

Experts say Australia risks being isolated from international firefighters and water-bombing aircraft in its next bushfire season.

Firefighters battled Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ...

At least 10 people have been killed and dozens more injured, with many of the remaining fires not contained at all by the ...

Multiple fires are consuming swaths of Los Angeles, so far destroying thousands of homes and taking at least 11 lives, and at ...

The Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth and Hurst fires burning in Southern California have destroyed more than 12,000 structures.

BBC environment journalists analyse the key events coming up in 2025 with game-changing potential for climate and nature.

A central part of the city was under threat as a new fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills. Firefighters were already ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who declared a state of emergency, urged residents to evacuate after he witnessed buildings ...

The ongoing fire currently devastating the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles is now the most destructive in the state's history.

Satellite imagery shows neighborhoods burned down, roads closed, and fires spreading across Los Angeles.