Wildfires that seared Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks this fall claimed between 3 percent and 5 percent of the world's giant sequoias, according to the National Park Service. In simple numbers, the losses fall between 2,261 and 3,637 sequoias with a diameter of at least four feet.

As a nonprofit news organization, we rely heavily on readers and listeners to support our newsgathering. Your financial support goes directly towards putting writers, photographers, and broadcasters into the National Park System to keep you informed about how your national parks are being managed. Please help us reach our $100,000 goal by December 31.

A number of unique trees in the pinyon-juniper forests of El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico have been stolen, prompting the National Park Service to ask for information that could lead to the arrest of the thieves.

More than 40 bison have been removed this fall from the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, where the size of the resident herd has been growing uncontrolled.