An art installation slated to run through April lights up 40-plus trees on MSU's campus near Harrison and Trowbridge roads.

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

or jumped across small gaps between trees. Lightning strikes also reduced Dipteryx liana infestations by 78%, freeing trees from some of the pressure these parasitic vines have on light and ...