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 ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

Don't get too close because this tree is burning hot. A tree was struck by lightning just outside of Springdale, Arkansas, causing it to burn from within before it fell, according to AccuWeather.

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

A massive tree fell onto a Hollywood home early Friday in what is being investigated as a possible lightning strike, authorities said. Hollywood Fire Rescue said crews were called to the 2100 block of ...