The Caatinga is the only biome found exclusively in Brazil and is home to the largest contiguous area of seasonally dry ...

On average, each lightning hit destroyed over 2.4 tons (2 metric tons) of adjacent tree biomass and approximately 80 percent of the lianas (parasitic vines) that plagued the tonka bean canopy. As per ...

A tropical tree species in Panama’s lowland rainforest appears to benefit from lightning strikes by surviving unscathed while ...