Panama tree uses lightning to eliminate rivals Balsa trees get struck more than neighboring species Trees’ tissue may attract more lightning ...

Over a dozen additional fruit trees and bushes have joined an orchard ... editing and newsroom experience in the local area plus Florida, South Carolina and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.

Getting hit by lightning is not usually a good thing. But one tropical tree species seems to harness heaven’s wrath. Not only do the trees survive lightning strikes, but their height and ...

Pong-pong trees, or Cerbera odollam, are indigenous to South and Southeast Asia, tropical ... of Central Florida who specializes in cultural anthropology and food studies, said the fruit’s ...

State ranking: What's the chance of named tropical storm coming within 50 miles of states from Texas to Maine? CSU gave the probabilities of a named storm coming within 50 miles as: Florida also ...

There’s a new star in the show—a poisonous fruit that’s very real and very dangerous. It’s called Cerbera odollam, better known as the ping pong tree or suicide tree. This plant grabbed attention in ...

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Someone barked up the wrong tree. A Florida burglary suspect on the run from authorities was taken down by a determined police dog who sniffed out the culprit’s nefarious scent high above the ...

They like well-drained soil and visits from pollinators, which are wild about their purple flowers. The bees and butterflies that land on these blossoms will also pollinate your fruit trees' flowers, ...

Technician Cesar Gutierrez climbs a tower to detect and locate lightning strikes in the study area. After detection, drones and on-the-ground teams monitor the strike’s impacts. Getting zapped ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this doesn’t hurt—and might even be a good thing. Scientists have long ...