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

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this ...

Most living things don’t cope well with having millions of volts put through them, but one tropical tree species appears to benefit from being struck by lightning.

KS2 Geography. Biomes. A short video for pupils aged 7 to 11 investigating two of Earth's major biomes - savannahs and ...

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall over southeast Queensland on Saturday evening and has weakened into a trough that extends into NSW. The NSW SES (State Emergency Service) is leading the ...

We still understand very little about how plant and animal diversity became so rich in certain areas, such as tropical rainforests, and what causes it to spread as it does. Crucially, if we don’t ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. It aims to ease ...

Several years ago, an international consortium of researchers revealed that based on a sample of tropical old-growth forest plots across the Congo Basin, the rainforest appears to be storing ...

A slow-moving tropical storm has crossed Australia’s heavily populated eastern coast, lashing the region with damaging winds and heavy rain that’s forecast to fall for days to come.

Jude was a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean Sunday morning, Central Africa Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of ...