The extreme heat, high winds, and severe dry conditions that produce towering, fast-moving flames that advance by the acre ...

2025 was a big year for fire across northern Australia. This graphic shows the full extent of the 10 biggest wildfire events across Australia in 2025.

SYDNEY -- It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone ...

Australian magpies, a species unrelated to the other magpies found throughout the world, have one of the world’s most complex birdsongs, according to the Australian Museum, and are adept at mimicking ...

Australia's wildfires have burned millions of acres, scorching an area twice the size of Maryland, and killing at least 25 people nationwide. Thousands of firefighters are battling the more than ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- A new visualization from NASA shows how the smoke plume from the Australian wildfires has traveled across the globe over the past several weeks. The visualization from the Earth ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A firefighter has died battling blazes that have destroyed around 40 homes in two Australian states, officials said Monday. The 59-year-old man was struck by a falling tree ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. -- An American woman is doing her part to help animals injured in the Australian wildfires. Becky Coulson, from the Chicago suburbs, is sewing so-called "joey pouches" to send to the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Thunderstorms and ...

Fire tornadoes formed Thursday as wildfires continue to rage in Australia, eyewitness video shows. Brenton Davis, who shot video of one of the tornadoes, said in a Facebook post that it had formed on ...

ORINDA, Calif. (KGO) -- Jazz lovers were serenaded by Bay Area musicians in a benefit for the "Australian Koala Foundation" last week in Orinda. Tens of thousands of animals died in the bushfires.