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

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

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

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Dipteryx trees in Panama survive lightning strikes, grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.

In 2022, Gora and colleagues demonstrated for the first time that trees differ in their ability to survive getting hit by lightning. Their new paper is the first to show that trees can benefit ...