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

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

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda, and the National ...

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

The new species was discovered in the rainforests of the Udzungwa Mountains during field surveys and has been named ...

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

Scientists discover Tessmannia princeps, a new tree species in Tanzania’s rainforest, possibly over 3,000 years old and ...

Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” ...

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

Hikers in Papua New Guinea heard the “harsh” sound coming from the treetops and followed it. Take a look at what they ...

A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest ...