Scientists have suspected that direct lightning strikes are good for some trees, but now they’ve confirmed it. A new study shows that a tall tropical tree species called Dipteryx oleifera has evolved ...

But we had some trees that were surviving. I think the first tree we saw that survived a direct lightning strike was a Dipteryx oleifera in 2015, 2016. That tree survived, [but] the [parasitic] woody ...

The sound was not from a firearm. Instead, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office said a direct lightning strike disabled the moving vehicle. A lightning strike caused parts of a vehicle to ...

I think the first tree we saw that survived a direct lightning strike was a Dipteryx oleifera in 2015, 2016. That tree survived, [but] the [parasitic] woody vines, lianas, in its crown died ...