From apps to robots, technology is playing a key role in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. A computer simulation of a fire as it spreads, designed to give insight to crews on the scene ...

The robot lumberjack fire-fighter It's taken seven months of work for two young American designers, Jordan Guelde and Daniel Shankland II, to create this concept model for a forest-fire-fighting ...

From compasses mimicking insect eyes to forest fire-fighting robots that behave like vines, here's a selection of this year's nature-based technology.