Hundreds of millions of trees suffer this fate every year. But the opposite appears to be the case for the towering tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera), a native of the rainforests of Panama that ...

In the rainforests of Panama, one tropical tree has evolved an incredible defence strategy. It can withstand lightning strikes and use them to fight off its competition. Tonka bean trees ...

But in the lowland rainforests of Panama, one species of towering tropical tree may have evolved to use this force of nature to its advantage. The tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera) may actually ...