During a solar eclipse in a forest in Italy’s Dolomites region, scientists seized the chance to explore a fascinating question.
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For the first time, researchers have shown plants making sounds that can be heard up to a few metres away – just not by human ears.
David Attenborough’s new BBC documentary The Green Planet shows plants are stranger than they first appear.
If people are starting to look much worse in democratic terms, trees are starting to look much better. We are learning that plants engage in meaningful and, more to the point, truthful communication.
Plants communicate with each through physical contact, chemical and light-mediated signals. Now it seems that having a friendly…
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