Why you shouldn't shower during a thunderstorm
It turns out that standing outdoors isn't the only way to get electrocuted during a thunderstorm.
Li Cohen is a senior social media producer for CBS News. Li graduated from Nova Southeastern University in South Florida in 2017 with a degree in communication and media studies before getting her master's degree in journalism at NYU in 2019.
Li started her career in South Florida at The Seminole Tribune, a newspaper run by The Seminole Tribe of Florida, where she reported on local and national tribal issues and events while also serving as copy editor. Before joining CBS News, where she primarily covers environmental and social justice issues and produces documentaries, she covered local news at amNewYork. She has won awards for her environmental, news and coverage of Native issues, been a nominee for The Webby Awards and has won an Anthem Award for the CBS News climate change-focused Instagram page, @CBSNewsPlanet.
It turns out that standing outdoors isn't the only way to get electrocuted during a thunderstorm.
A baby walrus was found alone in Alaska with little hope for survival. Now, in a rare and "exceptional" rescue attempt, he's being raised with 24/7 cuddles.
He might be playing the game more often.
Finding jellyfish fossils is "extremely rare" as the creatures are made up of roughly 95% water.
Lizzo said claims that she criticized dancers over their weight and pushed them to engage with nude performers in Amsterdam are "sensationalized stories."
Fire whirls are spinning columns of fire that can grow to be "several hundred feet in height."
Female fruit flies can lay more than 400 eggs at a time in fruit, which only need one to two days to hatch before larvae eat their way through, shedding their skin along the way.
"I'm Kenough," said the husband of Malala Yousafzai, who is the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize for her activism supporting girls' education.
The strobing sign looked like "lightning" to those who live across the street: "It's such a clown show."
"I will honor your life with action," Kimberly Mata-Rubio said in a message to her 10-year-old daughter Lexi, who was among 19 children killed in the May 2022 Robb Elementary School mass shooting.
Are we on the cusp of a real-life "The Day After Tomorrow"? Here's what the experts say.
One volunteer said the team "gave our whales one final rub, wished them luck and pushed them in the direction of the open ocean" – but it wasn't enough to save them.
The wildfires in Greece spiked on July 17, and have since spewed more carbon than wildfires have in the country in two decades.
Hammerhead worms are believed to have been introduced in the U.S. in 1891 through infested plants and soil.
The water off South Florida has literally become as warm as a hot tub as researchers are discovering dying coral reefs.