What can we learn from fire ants? Maybe a lot

Experts say black fire ants arrived in the U.S. in 1918 and red fire ants in the 1930s, leading to a massive population increase, with five times more ants per acre than in South America, and they're infamous for their bites and stings.

Canada’s wildfire season prompts air quality alerts in US

An evacuation alert was issued for Fort McMurray in Alberta as crews responded to what they described as an "out-of-control wildfire."

Texas wildfires: Utility provider says facilities appeared to have role in igniting fire

Utility provider Xcel Energy said Thursday that its facilities appeared to have played a part in igniting a massive wildfire in the Texas Panhandle that grew into the largest in state history.

Texas Panhandle wildfires: Crews make progress containing largest fire in state history

The wildfire in the Texas Panhandle is now the largest in state history. Gov. Abbott and emergency officials gave an update Friday on the situation that has already taken two lives and injured others.

The largest wildfires in U.S. history

The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas is already the largest in the state’s history, and it’s still burning. And while everything may be bigger in Texas, the state does not claim the biggest wildfires in U.S. history.

Texas Panhandle wildfire: Largest fire in state history claims 2 lives

The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle has now burned more than 1 million acres and has claimed the lives of two women.

Wildfires burn nearly 50,000 acres in Southern France
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Wildfires in the Gironde region of France have burned 19,300 hectares (47,691 acres) and forced the evacuation of 35,000 people as of July 19, 2022, according to local authorities. Credit: Sapeurs-Pompiers 33 via Storyful

Biden speaks at Seattle's Seward Park on Earth Day 2022
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President Joe Biden visited Seattle, Washington, on Earth Day 2022 to give remarks and signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests devastated by wildfires and drought.

"Struggling to believe": Colorado wildfires destroy communities, officials give update
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High winds Thursday wreaked havoc throughout the Front Range, overturning big rigs, causing power outages, destroying structures and helping spark what has already become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history.