Volatile compounds drifting on the breeze. Electrical pulses firing under bark. Scientists are discovering that trees are anything but silent.

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

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 ...

Every other Friday, NHPR's Outside/In team answers a listener question about the natural world. This week’s question comes from Jenna in Cupertino, Calif. How do plants communicate with each other?

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 ...

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 ...

If animals and humans can talk, what more are plants since they are living things? As we know, they do not produce any sound, and we do not hear even a hush from their insides. However, researchers ...

Did you know that stressed plants make sounds and insects can actually hear them? A new Israeli study reveals that when tomato plants are under stress, they emit high-frequency sounds that moths can ...