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.

LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A Lake Saint Louis family is thankful to be alive after lightning struck their home last night, setting it on fire. The lightning strike happened in the 1000 block of Pleasant ...

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

For generations, people have passed around the comforting idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice. But nature doesn’t follow our sayings. In reality, lightning plays favorites, and ...