Imagine standing in a quiet field after a thunderstorm, the air still charged with mystery. Beneath your feet, hidden from ...

A thunderegg from Oregon’s Lucky Strike Mine is on display at the Springfield ... jasper, opal and quartz crystals, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

Already this spring, two people in the U.S. have been struck and killed by lightning, both while fishing from a boat.

In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lightning strikes the United States ...

On a stormy day, engineers at Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) launched a small aircraft into the ...

You're not going to actually have to worry about a gremlin on the wing of the plane or anything like that, but something like a lightning strike is a very realistic and understandable concern.

With millions of lightning strikes recorded each year in the United States, protection should be a priority. However, is your car a safe potential safe shelter?

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.