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

On my son’s fourth birthday, I was waiting for my husband and our two oldest kids to get home from the playground when an unfamiliar Ohio number showed up on my phone. I ignored the call. The number ...

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.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Pinellas County teacher is recovering from serious injuries after being struck by lightning during a trip to Peru over the Thanksgiving holiday. James Fernandez, a 41-year-old ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning visited the Florida Panthers for their final trip to Sunrise of the season (the regular season at ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A southeast Georgia woman said her Apple Watch may have saved her life not once, but twice. Angela McLean was alerted by the watch that her heartbeat was irregular just after she ...

A 36-year-old St. Louis Park resident was fatally hit by lightning while mountain biking on a Thanksgiving trip in Peru. Famliy identified the man as Yuri Botelho. A GoFundMe has been established to ...

1849 Dry-cleaning is discovered when M Jolly-Bellin accidentally upsets a lamp, containing turpentine and oil, on his clothing and sees the cleansing effect. 1879 The bridge over the River Tay in ...