Could detecting static electricity be a factor in explaining why treehopper insects have evolved such bizarre body shapes?

Treehoppers may detect electric fields using their spiny shapes. This helps them sense predators or friendly insects.

“Our findings provide the first precise, quantitative explanation for how lightning initiates in nature,” Victor Pasko, the ...

Rain has barely fallen over Sam Doolan’s southwest Victorian farm over the past 18 months, let alone a lightning storm.

News Storm Team Meteorologist Adam Strzempko is working for you with how weather can have an impact on our furry friends.

When Tyler's not asking questions or doing research for his next assignment, you can find him in his home state of New Jersey ...

The Canandaigua City Council Planning and Finance Committees met Aug. 11 to review a detailed police operations study and ...

Lightning is a powerful force, one seemingly capable of great destruction in the right circumstances. It announces itself ...

They found that treehoppers with more exaggerated, elaborate shapes showed much higher electric field intensities near their ...

A new study shows lightning begins with cosmic rays from space, uncovering how storms create the energy behind Earth’s most ...