The KNP Complex Fire in California has reached a “small area” of the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, home to some of the world’s largest trees, according to fire officials. The blaze, which has ...

A pair of wildfires burning in California’s parched Sierra Nevada mountains have forced the closure of much of Sequoia National Park – including its most treasured areas, home to some of the largest ...

THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) -- The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park's famed Giant Forest were unscathed Tuesday even though a wildfire has been burning near them on the western side of ...

There’s no mistaking the main attraction of Sequoia National Park – giant Sierra redwood trees as tall as they are ancient. But even beyond the famous, towering sequoias, this park in California’s ...

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Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Tucked into the southern ...

A pair of lightning-sparked wildfires in California’s Sierra Nevada have shuttered Sequoia National Park and are threatening its treasured gigantic trees, some of the largest on Earth. The threat of ...