Wind has wreaked havoc with wildfires threatening two crown jewels of the US National Park Service

Ash rained down across Los Angeles on Sunday from a destructive wildfire that the mayor said was the largest in city history.

 

Apple CEO Tim Cook last night channelled Apple founder Steve Jobs to announce the tech giant’s new music streaming service.

Extreme athlete Dean Potter, renowned for his bold climbs and BASE jumps, was one of two men killed while attempting a wingsuit flight in Yosemite National Park.

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WHEN Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant in 1864, he could not have foreseen that the gesture would spark an environmental renaissance across America, resulting in 59 stunning National Parks today.

JOHN Muir, the “father of the National Parks” who “saved the American soul from total surrender to materialism”, died a century ago this year. 2014 will be marked by Muir celebrations in the US and his native Scotland. April 21 has been designated John Muir day.

Much of the vast machinery of the US government has ground to a halt as Democrats and Republicans blamed each other for a partial shutdown that closed federal agencies, national parks and research facilities across the nation.

IT’S been a bad year for wild fires in California and the one that caught the attention of the world media last week was the ‘Rim Fire’ which spread into Yosemite National Park.

Officials said yesterday a massive wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park grew overnight, but they were still making progress in containing it.

A raging wildfire in Yosemite National Park has rained ash on the reservoir that is the chief source of San Francisco’s famously pure drinking water.

A giant wildfire raging out of control in the US has grown to nearly 200 square miles and spread into Yosemite National Park, as California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the city of San Francisco 150 miles away because of the threat to the city’s utilities.

Thousands of visitors to Yosemite National Park, one of America’s top tourist attractions, have been warned to watch for symptoms of a rare rodent-borne disease which has already killed two people.

ONE of the great myths of the more romantic wing of environmental movement has been that indigenous peoples always treat the environment better than we do. White man bad, red man “green”, as you might say.

A TROVE of old glass negatives bought at a garage sale for $45 (€35) have been authenticated as the lost work of famed nature photographer Ansel Adams and are worth at least $200 million, an attorney for the owner said yesterday.

WILD, rugged and beautiful, Ireland’s islands are a much needed detox from the stresses of modern-day life, and living proof that the best things in life are free.

A wildfire burning almost completely out of control outside the famed Yosemite National Park in California has charred more than 42 square miles and destroyed 12 homes.

A 21-year-old Irishman fell to his death while posing for a picture beside a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, it emerged tonight.

An Irishman in his early 20s has reportedly died in a fall at the Yosemite National Park in the US state of California.