Farmer seeks compensation after lightning fire destroys 450 banana plants; officials promise inspection and support.

In Panama’s dense lowland jungle, a tropical species called Dipteryx oleifera —known locally as almendro or the tonka bean ...

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

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

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a ...

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

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study.

Scientists discover trees in the lowland rainforests of Panama that use lightning strikes to their advantage. . | Credit: pawopa3336/Getty Images Lightning is usually seen as a harbinger of ...

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 ...