In Panama’s dense lowland jungle, a tropical species called Dipteryx oleifera —known locally as almendro or the tonka bean ...

Trees nearest the mines had higher concentrations of mercury in their rings. Passive air sampling confirmed the mercury ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a ...

"Tropical plants produce a huge diversity of chemicals that have practical implications for human health." The study was published in the journal Ecology and led by former ecology and evolution ...

Lightning strikes kill millions of trees each year — but it turns out that some large tropical trees can not only survive a strike, but also benefit from its effects, according to a recent study.