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

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

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

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

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.

The Tonka bean tree conducts electricity so well that lightning just flows through it, leaving the tree unharmed. But the parasitic vines on it die.

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study.