The trees are talking to each other. But it doesn’t happen all the time. They appear to be able to pass down their ecological knowledge from older trees to younger trees, in the event of a solar ...

“The electrical activity of trees is a real phenomenon but it’s still a nascent field of inquiry,” said Novoplansky. “The ...

Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that plants communicate by sending chemical signals through the air? -- Melissa, via email Recent research reveals that plants, despite lacking brains or nervous systems, ...

In the 1960s and '70s, a series of questionable experiments claimed to prove that plants could behave like humans, that they had feelings, responded to music and could even take a polygraph test.

We may very well be able to translate plant languages soon, scientists claim. While you might think of plants as passive objects just existing on our planet, they are, in fact, living beings, and they ...

When you admire a towering oak or a vibrant maple in your backyard, you’re only seeing half the picture. Beneath the surface ...

Trees can communicate with one another during an eclipse, and older trees appear to be able to provide younger trees with important information, a new study found. An international study revealed that ...

Plants are constantly sending chemical messages into the air and soil around them. These invisible signals can summon pollinators, warn neighbors of herbivores, or repel attackers. But new research ...

New research has found when plant leaves physically touch each other, they seem to form a biological signalling network to ...

Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they exchange information with and about other cheetahs via scent marks, urine and scats. A team has now shown that several ...