Dipteryx oleifera trees not only survive lightning strikes, they grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.

Scientists have suspected that direct lightning strikes are good for some trees, but now they’ve confirmed it. A new study shows that a tall tropical tree species called Dipteryx oleifera has evolved ...

We’ve looked at lightning issues before. Please see “Ground strikes and lightning protection of buried cables.” This headline below was found online at the URL hyperlinked here. This ABC NY article ...

A severe thunderstorm halted played for nearly two hours at the U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston, where lightning struck a tree Friday afternoon. Play was suspended at 4:47 p.m. ET ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) -- Palm Springs Fire responded to several trees on fire Saturday afternoon due to a lightning strike. The fire began around 4:30 p.m. near East Palm Canyon Drive and ...

The nation matched a grim record for lightning strike deaths in September. Five lightning strike-related fatalities were reported, the most in any September since 2013, said John Jensenius, a ...