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

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

Callery pear aka Bradford pear trees are an eco disaster that Ohio banned because they ruin the ecosystem. Here's why and ...

Ho Kwon Ping was on a trip to the Maldives. The former journalist was on a mission, having turned his hand to hospitality and transformed a disused bay in Thailand into the first Banyan Tree resort, ...

In Panama, one tree species survives lightning—and turns it into a deadly advantage. Scientists say it’s one of the most ...

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