Feature Stories

On a crisp and cool morning in South Carolina, a team of eight women dressed in yellow Nomex shirts, wearing hard hats and carrying drip torches are preparing to conduct a prescribed burn on the

The Alley of Baobabs is a world-famous dirt road lined by ancient 30-meter-tall trees that appear to be inverted, as if their roots are reaching toward the sky. The 800-year-old mammoths, in the city

In 1987, Glen Johnson heard the call of the dusky gopher frog, which sounds like a snore. He was the first to report hearing its call since the 1950s. He found a breeding population of the dusky

Kayla Herriman is x-raying tree seeds that recently traveled 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon. The seeds completed their epic journey on NASA’s Orion spacecraft as part of the NASA’s

For many residents of California’s Bay Area and surrounding communities, the Stanislaus National Forest is their first interaction with a forest, an alpine lake or even a campground. Located between

Across the arid Southwest, prolonged drought, increased fuel loading and past fire exclusion left many communities at risk for catastrophic wildfire. "We've been living in extreme fire danger for far

For many seasoned campers, camping protocols and best practices are second nature. From preparing food in a fire ring to safely emitting waste, veteran campers ensure a safe environment for humans

In many parts of the U.S., the months of January and February bring striking winter scenes of mountain peaks blanketed in white snow and streams and reservoirs littered with gray-black ice. Along with

[Editor’s Note: This feature recognizes Engineers Week, Feb. 19-25, meant to ensure a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering

Snow melts and becomes water, and the newly heated water becomes vapor as piles of dry wood and other plant debris start to burn slowly when firefighters, one after another, dip their drip torches