What's the longest lightning bolt ever recorded? Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations show 515-mile-long lightning bolt that spanned 5 states is the ...

A reader brought to my attention a question that is floating around the internet. Q: If lightning strikes the ocean, do the marine animals get hurt or killed? (Sault Ste. Marie, Minn. Honestly, I have ...

Florida isn’t recognized as the lightning capital of the United States for nothing; in fact, quite the contrary. The state is particularly renowned for the frequent and dangerous lightning strikes ...

Nine cows on a farm in Ireland were killed after they were struck by lightning during a heavy thunderstorm on Sunday. The incident happened Sunday afternoon as heavy thunderstorms bore through ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Goats gather at the Fresno Fairgrounds after having to leave their homes due to the June Lightning Complex fire "You don't want animals to suffer, if they are trapped ...

VACAVILLE, Calif (KGO) -- The LNU Lightning Complex Fire burned thousands of acres in parts of Solano and Sonoma counties and left much destruction in its path. Heard ...

The question is now the most popular ever asked on the forum. So do giraffes get struck by lightning at higher rates? Intuitively, the obvious answer is "yes." Standing between fourteen and nineteen ...