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

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

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

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 ...

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

In the tropical forests of Panama, a towering tree thrives, growing even stronger after enduring lightning strikes.

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

New research suggests that Dipteryx oleifera trees, after being struck by lightning, are 14 times more likely to produce ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - On Saturday, you will have a chance to get your tree at Panama City’s tree giveaway! The giveaway will be at Daffin Park beginning at 8 a.m. It is on a first-come ...

The tonka bean tree, scientifically known as Dipteryx oleifera, has developed the ability to not only survive strikes but also to transfer the electricity from lightning to its “enemies” and the ...