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Fires continue to blaze in California. A select group of firefighters is all that stands between the intense flames in forests near Los Angeles and some 12,000 homes. Our "day in the life" series starts with firefighting, and what it takes to contain a massive forest fire.

The Lacandona jungle of southern Mexico once covered 12,000 square miles, but farming and logging have reduced the rain forest by two-thirds in the last three decades. Preservation efforts are under way. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

New Hampshire is the second most forested state in the country, but according to our guest today, UNH Professor and Ecologist, Scott Ollinger, our forests…

When there's a wildfire in California, odds are there are low-level offenders battling it. Inmates trained by pros and making $2 an hour have become a crucial element of the state's wildfire response.

"Forest succession" is a pattern of plant regeneration that begins when a plot of land is left to its own devices. The first phase of this succession is…

Poet Tess Taylor reviews the dark wonder of Scottish poet, Robin Robertson, in his new collection, Sailing the Forest.

When checking out of a Greek hotel, Commentator Jeffrey Tayler asked for a receipt. The hotel owner did not want to write one.

Noah talks to Timothy Noah, who reports on the press for US News and World Report. In this week's edition of the magazine, Timothy Noah reports that the copy of USA Today some hotel guests might think is free is actually a part of their hotel charge. USA Today counts these hotel sales as paid subscriptions, and paid subscriptions are a consideration in setting advertising rates.

With details at once compelling and disturbing, geographer Jacob Shell describes the lives of the elephants of mountainous Myanmar and northeastern India that haul timber or transport people.

Thousands of residents and vacationers have fled by land and by sea as firefighters and volunteers battled through the night. It comes during the country's worst heat wave in three decades.