During severe storms early Monday evening Carl Junction Fire were alerted to a tree on fire near Shewmake Cemetery along ...

Direct lightning strikes cause minimal damage to Dipteryx oleifera. But these same strikes effectively kill parasitic vines and neighboring trees that compete with the species for light and nutrients.

It’s about to get a lot more stormy, and that means more lightning. Last year, Florida accounted for nearly half the ...

The towering tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera) doesn’t just survive lightning strikes, it actually seems to benefit from them. According to a recent study published in New Phytologist ...

If lightning strikes the building, the plumbing and wiring will conduct the electricity more efficiently than any people in the structure. Once inside ... isolated trees or other tall objects.