Over the next four decades, Sullivan would become infamous for an unusual reason: he was struck by lightning seven times and ...

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

The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new ...

For transgender people and their allies — along with several judges who have ruled against Trump in response to legal ...

The case of Terri Schiavo, whose comatose state fueled a long legal battle over end-of-life issues, unleashed political ...

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

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

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 ...