On Sunday, lightning touched down at Clearwater Beach, Florida, injuring eight people. Here's what happens to your body when lightning strikes.

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.

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

Lightning is an essential part of nature—balancing Earth’s electrical charge by transferring negative energy back to the ground. But it can also be fatal.

This January, lightning struck and killed a 103-year-old grandmother while she was simply handling utensils in her kitchen ...

WEBSTER, N.Y. — Kylie Smith, an honors student and soccer standout at Webster-Schroeder, survived a lightning strike thanks to the quick actions of a nearby good Samaritan who knew CPR. In August of ...

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