A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a ...

For one tropical tree species in the forests of Panama, getting struck by lightning every once in a while is […] ...

Banyans usually grow on hardwood hammocks. They are considered a keystone species, essential to the hardwood tropical ...

Hibiscuses are best planted in late spring or early summer when the weather is warm and settled. Hibiscuses planted early in ...

Bamboo sap is also an important ingredient in skincare. The tree's bark contains compounds that help speed up wound healing and reduce skin inflammation. These compounds also contribute to enhancing ...

The large leaves of the aguaje, a tropical palm tree that grows in the peatlands and other seasonal wetland areas in tropical ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

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

A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate ... losing 5.7 times more leaves from their crowns, and 64% died within two years. When each Dipteryx tree was ...