Lightning has fascinated its observers since the beginning of human history. Those who painted the Lascaux cave walls in France approximately 20,000 years ago are believed to have represented it in ...

The crack of lightning has always seemed straightforward — clouds build up electric charge, and eventually, it snaps. But the chain of events that lights the sky has remained an atmospheric puzzle for ...

Experimental drones from Japanese tech giant NTT rush toward them to "tame the lightning," says Senior Research Engineer ...

One of the more difficult shots to master in photography is capturing lightning manually, even if your reaction time is exceptional. It also involves a fair bit of luck, even for professional snappers ...

WENATCHEE -- Lightning sparked dozens of fires in the state this week, including a blaze covering about 200 acres near Winthrop. The Spur Peak Fire was burning out of control in dense, beetle-killed ...

Lightning strikes over the weekend triggered more than 100 new wildfires in British Columbia, raising the total above 300 and leading authorities to order on Monday a ban on campfires for most of the ...

This finding revealed that weaker lightning during thunderstorm development can also ignite forest fires.  Analysis revealed ...