As storm season ramps up, so does lightning danger -- and with it, decades of misinformation. Let's set the record straight ...

A 70-year-old pine tree was split right down the middle, from the top down to its roots. “I‘ll tell you that big ball of red led us to believe there was a fire, but no.” ...

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

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

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

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

The tonka bean tree can survive a lightning strike, and thrive. Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts ...

Scientists discover trees in the lowland rainforests of Panama that use lightning strikes to their advantage. . | Credit: pawopa3336/Getty Images Lightning is usually seen as a harbinger of ...

The tonka bean tree, scientifically known as Dipteryx oleifera, has developed the ability to not only survive strikes but also to transfer the electricity from lightning to its “enemies” and ...

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.