Imagine walking through a forest and knowing that beneath your feet lies an invisible internet connecting every tree around ...

Legend has it that trees talk to each other. You might have even pondered if a falling tree goes unnoticed in an otherwise empty forest. This magical image of talking trees — seen in movies, mythology ...

Can trees talk? Well, maybe not verbalize, but they certainly can let us know what is going on in their world. Plants communicate visually. The ailing branch in the accompanying photo expresses that ...

The idea that forest trees can 'talk' to each other, share resources with their seedlings -- and even protect them -- through a connective underground web of delicate fungal filaments tickles the ...

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For centuries, humans have wondered if trees are more than passive bystanders in nature. Do they sense? Do they communicate? Some researchers think so, but a new study claiming that spruce trees "talk ...

Spruce trees retain ancient memories of their environment and communicate with one other in the hours preceding a solar eclipse, a new international study suggests. "We now see the forest not as a ...

Image of a leaf from a Norway Maple tree, one the most common invasive trees in Western New York. Photo courtesy WNY PRISM This might be a little controversial, but it’s been on my mind for a while. I ...

EDMONTON — The idea that forest trees can “talk” to each other, share resources with their seedlings — and even protect them — through a connective underground web of delicate fungal filaments tickles ...