Trees that have "fast growing" traits turn out to grow more slowly in the wild than their conservative relatives, scientists ...
Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this ...
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 ...
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 ...
A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda, and the National Museum of Kenya has made an extraordinary discovery in the Udzungwa ...
Most living things don’t cope well with having millions of volts put through them, but one tropical tree species appears to benefit from being struck by lightning.