Fire in the ‘Galapagos of North America’ Risks Species Found Nowhere Else (opens in new tab)

An unrelenting wildfire has swallowed nearly a third of Santa Rosa Island, a small strip of land off the coast of California that is largely uninhabited by people but abundant with wildlife and plants, including several found nowhere else on Earth. The blaze, which started last Friday, is human-caused but its exact origin is still […]