The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new ...

Outdated lightning safety advice is making the rounds again, prompting experts to speak up about what actually keeps you safe ...

New research suggests that Dipteryx oleifera trees, after being struck by lightning, are 14 times more likely to produce ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new ...

The lightning crouch, a baseball-catcher-like stance some cite as a safeguard against lightning strikes, offers no meaningful ...

Some trees don’t just survive lightning – they thrive on it. Scientists studying Panama’s tropical forests have discovered ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...

Things took a more frightening turn after, all of a sudden, the victim lost “all feeling” in her limbs.” “I couldn’t move, not even an inch,” recounted the distraught woman, who asked her roommate to ...

reads a caption on a photo illustrating the position as part of a press release issued by the lightning council. “Staying outdoors during a thunderstorm only prolongs your risk of being struck ...

One species of tropical tree seems not only to survive lightning strikes but also to thrive because of them Being struck by ...

In 2022, Gora and colleagues demonstrated for the first time that trees differ in their ability to survive getting hit by lightning. Their new paper, published Wednesday, is the first to show that ...