The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this ...

A major new study has revealed that tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new ...

Some trees don’t just survive lightning – they thrive on it. Scientists studying Panama’s tropical forests have discovered ...

Dipteryx trees in Panama survive lightning strikes, grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.

People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

Gora studies how lightning impacts biodiversity and carbon storage in Panama's tropical forests. Lightning kills hundreds of millions of trees per year. But in 2015, while working in Panama ...