Bushfires are strongly driven by weather: hot, dry and windy conditions can combine to create the perfect environment for flames to spread across the landscape. But sometimes the relationship flips: ...

The 1961 south west Western Australian bushfires provided a classic, rare case study where the recommendations of a Royal ...

Emergency bushfires broke out in Tasmania in a rush in early December. It was a reminder of how quickly the state can change from rainy cold fronts and highland snow flurries in spring, to expanses of ...

Victoria is continuing to battle several out-of-control bushfires across the state, which has claimed the lives of tens of ...

MBERA, Mauritania (AP) — The men move in rhythm, swaying in line and beating the ground with spindly tree branches as the sun sets over the barren and hostile Mauritanian desert. The crack of the wood ...

Australia is once again on high alert as firefighters warn of more dangerous bushfires ahead in what officials are calling a high-risk summer. The warning comes after deadly fires in the southeast ...