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.

A dramatic lightning strike in Volusia County sent shockwaves through a neighborhood Wednesday, splitting a tree just feet ...

While lightning is a fascinating phenomenon, it's also infamous in its capacity for destruction and the danger it poses to ...

Researchers have discovered a tree that miraculously uses lightning to kill parasites and other trees around it.

A dramatic lightning strike in Volusia County sent shockwaves through a neighborhood Wednesday, splitting a tree just feet from a home and sending residents rushing to check on loved ones.

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

A lightning strike tragically claimed the lives of a man and his son in Kishorenagar block of Angul district, on Tuesday.

The severe thunderstorm that rolled through the county Thursday night left several downed trees, a few downed power lines and ...

Mother Nature seemed to have a problem with one tree in a Cabot neighborhood on Friday. Video submitted by Eric Simpson shows ...