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

We’ve recently shared what those slightly ominous black clumps in the branches of trees really are (and no, they’re not nests). Like Tom Hanks, we learned the real reason leaves lose their ...

These surviving beauts, some with singed trunks and leaves, are a sign of ... than a row of lanky palm trees, bowing their heads under a blue sky? “Part of what makes a community feel homey ...