The most recent occurred on April 2 in Masaka City, where a lightning bolt struck Sserinya Primary School, killing a teacher, ...

Lightning is usually seen as a harbinger of destruction in forests, killing or damaging trees in their blasts. But in the ...

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a ...

The tonka bean tree, scientifically known as Dipteryx oleifera, has developed the ability to not only survive strikes but ...

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts ...

A tropical tree species in Panama’s lowland rainforest appears to benefit from lightning strikes by surviving unscathed while ...

Storms over the Sierra Pass on Tuesday afternoon delivered more than 100 lightning strikes in just a few hours. The storms, including one near Truckee, stayed to the west and didn't reach Reno.