Getting hit by lightning is not usually a good thing. But one tropical tree species seems to harness heaven’s wrath. Not only do the trees survive lightning strikes, but their height and voluminous ...

I won’t keep you in suspense. To the relief of just about everyone except those hawking competing products, the National Fire Protection Association has affirmed that lightning rods work, an issue ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate ...