The tropical rainforest is the most biodiverse biome on Earth, housing an astonishing variety of species due to its unique ...

Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

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

One species of tropical tree seems not only to survive lightning strikes but also to thrive because of them Being struck by ...

Torkhov – stock.adobe.com Lightning is largely a cause of tree mortality in tropical forests, especially when it comes to the largest and oldest trees that play a big role in storing carbon and ...

A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a ...

An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, ...

Tropical coastal forests known as mangroves are known for being the first “buffer zones” in coastal systems. New research ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

The first Earth Day happened shortly thereafter, on 1970. Of course, astronauts on their way to the Moon can provide a fresh ...