Female moths avoid laying eggs on stressed plants that emit ultrasonic sounds. Instead, they choose silent, healthy plants.

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 ...

ONE in five houseplant owners admit they regularly chat to their household flora as they go about their day – but which shrub ...

Go out into any garden, park or forest and you will be surrounded by a silent cacophony of conversations. Conversations between plants. The fact that plants can "talk" has been known about for several ...

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?

Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that plants communicate by sending chemical signals through the air? -- Melissa, via email Recent ...

New research suggests plants and insects are communicating through ultrasonic sound, undetectable to the human ear. :: Tel Aviv, Israel That's according to a study published by researchers at Tel Aviv ...

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 ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...