Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

Lightning sits at the boundary between routine weather and sudden hazard. It appears briefly, illuminates a landscape, and ...

Scientists who study lightning say the more they can learn, the more society can work to protect people and property from ...

These thunderstorms are the result of the cool Andes Mountain breezes colliding with the warm winds of the Caribbean Sea. The highest number of flashes of lightning are seen from April to November, ...

Dipteryx oleifera trees not only survive lightning strikes, they grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.