Scientists have suspected that direct lightning strikes are good for some trees, but now they’ve confirmed it. A new study shows that a tall tropical tree species called Dipteryx oleifera has evolved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Security cameras captured the dramatic moment a bolt of lightning slammed into a pine tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9, ...

TOMAHAWK, Wis. – The dramatic moment a lightning bolt hit a tree in a Wisconsin backyard, sending bits flying and starting a fire, was caught on camera Tuesday. The tree sat on the edge of an ...

A security camera in north central Wisconsin captured the dramatic moment when a bolt of lightning struck a white pine tree on Sept. 9, causing a fire that prompted neighbors to spring into action. A ...

Lightning was caught on camera hitting a tree in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Sept. 9. Security camera footage captured the strike on the property of Mike Smith, who was not home at the time but was ...

A giant burr oak named Frank, dating to before the Revolutionary War, will be removed from Northeast Kansas City starting ...

La Paz, Bolivia (AP) — Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer ...