Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philippe Gerber / Getty Images Trees are made of wood, so it’s safe to assume that, to some extent, they are flammable—but some ...

Tucked away in a laboratory at the University of Exeter in the UK, Rebecca Koll is setting conifer trees alight in the hope of answering burning questions about the future of forest fires. Wildfires ...

Trees are made of wood, so it’s safe to assume that, to some extent, they are flammable—but some pose more of a fire safety issue than others. Fast-growing junipers and eucalyptus, for example, as ...