Firefighters rushed to protect groves of giant sequoias that are native to the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada as the 11,000-acre KNP Complex Fire threatens the largest trees in the world. The ...

Sep. 9—When the voracious Caldor Fire raced through the forested Phillips Tract near Sierra-at-Tahoe, it destroyed dozens of cabins but spared a couple. One was wrapped in what looks like aluminum ...

Crews have been desperately trying to save California's famed groves of giant sequoias as multiple fires burn through the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains. In a rare move, the base of General Sherman, ...

In California, fire crews are battling a large wildfire in the Sierra Nevada mountains that’s threatening Sequoia National Park, home to the world’s most massive trees. Over the weekend, firefighters ...

Amazing photos show a California cabin almost completely wrapped in metal foil — helping it became one of the few structures to survive the Caldor Fire as it ripped through a ski resort town. The San ...

Last week, as the Caldor Fire swept through the area around Lake Tahoe, one viral story emerged as a beacon of hope: A cabin that appeared to be wrapped in aluminum foil withstood the blaze. But does ...

The world's largest tree recently got a blanket to help protect it from a raging wildfire. Photos of the sequoia named General Sherman — with a base measuring a massive 36 feet in diameter — set off a ...

Officials at Sequoia National Park in California have wrapped the base of the world's largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket to protect it from wildfires. General Sherman joins other sequoias, the ...

We recently posted about the many ways aluminum foil is helpful around the house and quickly found that mentioning “tin foil” was scientifically incorrect (and I’m always willing to admit my mistakes) ...