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.

In Panama’s dense lowland jungle, a tropical species called Dipteryx oleifera—known locally as almendro or the tonka bean ...

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

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