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

New research suggests that Dipteryx oleifera trees, after being struck by lightning, are 14 times more likely to produce ...

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

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

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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 ...

Some trees don’t just survive lightning – they thrive on it. Scientists studying Panama’s tropical forests have discovered that Dipteryx oleifera trees often benefit from lightning strikes that ...

Researchers said the species was “abundant” but “difficult to capture” as it evaded their light traps in the tree canopy.

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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 ...

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