For one tropical tree species in the forests of Panama, getting struck by lightning every once in a while is no big deal. In fact, the electrical zap can actually help it grow. The trees may have even ...

While lightning is a fascinating phenomenon, it's also infamous in its capacity for destruction and the danger it poses to life. Each year, lightning claims hundreds of millions of trees worldwide, ...

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. The ...