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

An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, ...

Scientists discover trees in the lowland rainforests of Panama that use lightning strikes to their advantage. . | Credit: pawopa3336/Getty Images Lightning is usually seen as a harbinger of ...

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study.