The Tonka bean tree conducts electricity so well that lightning just flows through it, leaving the tree unharmed. But the ...

The technique led him more quickly to the right tree, which he could assess using a drone. From 2014 to 2019, the system captured 94 lightning strikes on trees. Dr. Gora and his team visited sites ...

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.

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

Scientists discover trees in the lowland ... Using a custom-built system of electric field sensors and cameras to track strikes, researchers studied nearly 100 lightning events in Panama ...

An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, positive response from... Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year ...

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. The ...