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

They have laboratories near Panama City in the Gamboa Rainforest Reserve —with an amphibian rescue center, insectaries, and an experimental greenhouse that tests tropical plant response to ...

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 ...

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

In tropical forests ... studied nearly 100 lightning events in Panama'’s Barro Colorado Nature Monument. Related: 'Gossiping neighbors': Plants didn't evolve to be kind to each other, study ...

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

But one tropical tree species seems to harness heaven ... comes from a years-long effort at Barro Colorado Nature Monument in Panama, where scientists studied lightning’s overall impact ...

In this undated file photo, the rainforest is shown in Panama. STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images In a typical lightning strike in a tropical forest, the lightning attaches directly to a large-canopy tree ...