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

While studying the impact of lightning on rainforests in Panama, a team of researchers discovered that one species of tree ...

Almendro’ (Dipteryx oleifera), a tropical tree native to Panama’s rainforests, has stunned scientists with its surprising ...

On average, each lightning hit destroyed over 2.4 tons (2 metric tons) of adjacent tree biomass and approximately 80 percent of the lianas (parasitic vines) that plagued the tonka bean canopy. As per ...