Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this doesn’t hurt—and might even be a good thing. Scientists have long ...

A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate lightning strikes, but benefit from them. The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. Getting zapped ...

Could there be a Tropical Storm Andrea, or perhaps a Hurricane Karen in our future? How about Tropical Depression Jerry? How bad will the 2025 hurricane season be? It's too soon to say for sure ...

The National Hurricane Center issued its first tropical outlook of 2025 for a disturbance in the Atlantic on Monday. While the development of this system into a named storm was not expected, it's a ...