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

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

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

A Dipteryx oleifera tree just after being struck by lightning in 2019 ( top) versus two years later ( bottom ). The tree ...

A vast tropical archipelago stretching across the equator, Indonesia is home to the world’s third-largest rainforest, home to ...

A major new study has revealed that tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, ...

Hydropower is outdated and harmful—causing deforestation, reduced rainfall, energy loss, and water insecurity. Safer, more ...

About 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Cape Town lies the tranquilly-named town of Betty’s Bay in South Africa, home to ...