I am constantly on the lookout for the best plants for a courtyard garden as I have a small courtyard garden myself. It's a ...

New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...

Thunderstorms, increasingly frequent with climate change, are a major but underrecognized cause of tree mortality in tropical forests, accounting for an estimated 30–60% of deaths.

The back courtyard of John Malta and Joey Walker's Creole townhouse in the French Quarter includes tropical such as banana plants and bromeliads along with annual blooms.

A view of an over 400-year-old tree on Barro Colorodo Island, on November 23, 2015 Rodrigo Arangua / AFP via Getty Images When hunting for the world’s largest tropical trees, watch your step.

But for at least one tropical tree species, this doesn’t hurt—and might even be a good thing. Scientists have long believed that being hit by lightning could have only negative effects on trees.

Some remarkable trees in tropical forests seem to have developed strategies not only to survive lightning strikes but also to be struck more often than others, a recent American study reveals ...