"The vine crumbled when I tried to cut it!" Volunteer captures bizarre photo during invasive species removal effort: 'Looks ...

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

"I love the look of the vines growing up the tree but will it ... Another advised, "Remove that or it will kill your tree." ...

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

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Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate ...

Grapes are grown for many reasons: ornamental, shade arbors, fruit and wine. All of them share one thing in common: grape ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

The trees may have even evolved to act as ... though the jolt had been strong enough to blast a parasitic vine out of its crown and kill more than a dozen neighboring trees.