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

While Menara currently holds the title of the tallest tropical tree, researchers speculate that even taller specimens may ...

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

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

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National ...

Some trees don’t just survive lightning – they thrive on it. Scientists studying Panama’s tropical forests have discovered that Dipteryx oleifera trees often benefit from lightning strikes that ...

A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

Technician Cesar Gutierrez climbs a tower to detect and locate lightning strikes in the study area. After detection, drones and on-the-ground teams monitor the strike’s impacts. Getting zapped ...

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 ...

The Hoh Rainforest contains one of the most peaceful spots in the United States, marked as ‘One Square Inch of Silence’ in ...