In tropical forests, lightning is a major ... researchers studied nearly 100 lightning events in Panama'’s Barro Colorado ...

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

A tropical tree species in Panama’s lowland rainforest appears to benefit from lightning strikes by surviving unscathed while ...

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 ...

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

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

Through a course in dendrology, the study of the taxonomy of woody plants in the absence of flowers or fruits, two experts in ...

A century of research on Barro Colorado Island has contributed to our understanding of forest ecology. Researchers from Utah ...

Utah State University researchers are collaborating with other institutions to solve the ecological mysteries of seed ...

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