Heavy rains in Sao Paulo on January 24 caused severe flooding and power outages. A British Airways plane was delayed after ...

The parasitic fungus sometimes called ‘Himalayan gold’ can provide a good living to villagers who collect it. But rugged terrain and a high risk of lightning strikes make it a dangerous option.

More than 321,000 lightning strikes were reported in eight hours as a deadly storm hit New South Wales on January 15, leading ...

Lightning is Incredibly Hot When people think of heat, they often think of things like boiling water or a hot summer's day.

the deadly relationship between caterpillar fungus collection and lightning strikes. As a meteorologist, I study lightning and its impacts around the world. A few factors come together to make the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese medicine, this parasitic fungus is prized for its purported medicinal ...