Residents in Little Meadows and Warren Center Pennsylvania were shocked by the intensity of the lightning storm that moved ...

A report was issued from the NWS Raleigh NC on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 6:15 p.m. for Guilford ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

In Panama’s dense lowland jungle, a tropical species called Dipteryx oleifera —known locally as almendro or the tonka bean ...

Village Administrator Drew Irvin stated at about 6:40 am, lightning hit a tree near the intersection of Hancock and Garfield Avenues. He noted the debris and limbs flew in a radius of ...

The tree survived the strike with minimal damage ... but they can survive for centuries after being hit by lightning," he said. Gora and colleagues are now expanding their research to other ...

A designer has created a concept car capable of driving on both water and land. Imagined by Bernardo Pereira, a student at ...

An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, ...

Yosemite, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Madera Foothills and Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra are under an updated weather alert for ...

has stunned scientists with its surprising reaction to lightning: it thrives. The tree shows improved growth after being hit, according to a study published in New Phytologist. Researchers from ...

The tree, a Dipteryx oleifera (D ... oleifera an advantage in reproduction, with lightning-hit D. oleifera plants able to produce 14 times more seeds than those that were not.