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

One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of the elusive 'fairy lantern' genus Thismia in a hill dipterocarp forest in ...

The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new ...

In 1990, the Clean Air Act was updated by Congress to eliminate acid rain by reducing power plant pollution. Unfortunately, ...

Most living things don’t cope well with having millions of volts put through them, but one tropical tree species appears to ...

Some trees don’t just survive lightning – they thrive on it. Scientists studying Panama’s tropical forests have discovered ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate ...

The King has planted a red maple tree at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the success of a global network of Commonwealth forests created in tribute to his late mother. Charles used a spade to shovel ...