Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...

A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning—within water droplets may have helped forge the ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this ...

It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, and National Weather Service meteorologist Peter Rogers says today is focused on lightning safety ... re waiting for some kind of a warning, a severe ...

Dipteryx trees in Panama survive lightning strikes, grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.