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

In a rainforest teeming with competition, one tree has discovered how to turn catastrophe into advantage. In Panama’s dense lowland jungle, a tropical species called Dipteryx oleifera—known locally as ...

In response, conservationists are working to safeguard biodiversity strongholds such as tropical rainforests ... sustain the Daintree's cassowaries and tree kangaroos, the Amazon's sloths and ...