Barely 25% of the world's remaining tropical rainforests are still ... a canopy of the taller trees and an emergent layer where unusually tall trees poke through the sea of green.

Tropical rainforests are hot ... swaps and selective logging and replanting of trees can all be used to help reduce deforestation. Rainforests have four main layers: the emergent, the canopy ...

In this undated file photo, the rainforest is shown in Panama. STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images In a typical lightning strike in a tropical ... Tonka bean trees can grow up to 130 feet tall and live ...

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

Scientists discover trees in the lowland rainforests of Panama ... so nothing like a tropical forest," he said, adding that other tall trees are also likely targets of lightning strikes.

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

These areas include the bottom of the Earth’s oceans, but also the canopy of the planet’s rainforests ... things as measuring the height of trees and density of foliage.

Almendro’ (Dipteryx oleifera), a tropical tree native to Panama’s rainforests, has stunned scientists with its surprising reaction to lightning: it thrives. While most trees might wither or ...

The rainforest in Panama’s Barro Colorado Nature Monument is the perfect place to study whether some trees are immune to lightning. It’s home to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and ...