Unsplash Beneath every forest floor, every grassland, and every garden bed, there is a world that most of us have never seen.

Scientists in Japan observed plants sending tiny, mist-like messages to each other through the air. This is the first time we've seen visual evidence of plants talking to each other. The researchers ...

It sounds like a nice joke, doesn't it? The idea that your peace lily is gossiping with your fern, or the tomato plants are coordinating their growth spurts. Well, it's not a joke at all. Plants have ...

Imagine walking through a forest and knowing that beneath your feet lies an invisible internet connecting every tree around you. The ground is alive with conversation. Trees are sharing food with ...

Did you know that plants can talk to each other? It may sound like a concept straight out of science fiction, but scientific ...

We also know that plants communicate with each other, as cited by the National Institute of Health, underground and through ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Volatile compounds drifting on the breeze. Electrical ...

When I was a kid, my best friend’s mother had a habit of singing arias to her houseplants. I did not know this at the time, but she was likely under the influence of The Secret Life of Plants, a 1973 ...

That sweet, earthy smell that fills the air after cutting grass is actually a cacophony of screams in plant speak. Like animals, plants can warn nearby neighbors that danger is afoot. But plants don't ...