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

First trees planted in effort to expand ‘iconic’ temperate rainforest site - Hundreds of saplings have been planted at the ...

A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in ...

The team suggests that the species' unique height and broad crown might make it more likely to attract lightning strikes. Dipteryx oleifera trees are 68 percent more likely to be struck by lightning ...

The Hoh Rainforest contains one of the most peaceful spots in the United States, marked as ‘One Square Inch of Silence’ in ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this ...

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

Researchers in Tanzania have unveiled a previously unknown species of gigantic tree, Tessmannia princeps, towering over the ...

KS2 Geography. Biomes. A short video for pupils aged 7 to 11 investigating two of Earth's major biomes - savannahs and ...

Volunteers in England recently planted more than 2,500 native trees along the coast of Devon, supporting a larger effort to recreate the Celtic rainforest that once dominated much of Britain's western ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built ... from harvesting açaí berries from trees that once occupied the space.