The Catatumbo lightning over a Venezuelan lake averages 28 lightning strikes per minute — nearly year-round.

The strangler fig germinates in the canopy and sends roots down — eventually enveloping and killing the host tree.

The longest lightning bolt ever recorded stretched 768 km across the southern US in 2020.

A single lightning bolt contains about one billion joules of energy but lasts only a fraction of a second.

A sneeze can travel faster than a Category 1 hurricane.

Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

A bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.

Volcanic lightning is caused by static electricity from ash particles colliding during eruption.

Trees in a forest share resources through mycorrhizal networks — mother trees can send carbon to seedlings in shade.