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.

Your garden might not be as silent as you think. A new study shows that plants communicate distress via sounds that—while too high-pitched for humans to hear—might be picked up by other plants and ...

Anyone with a green thumb knows that plants like being talked to. Thanks to a first-of-its-kind study, now we know that plants can talk, too. We just can’t hear them. “In this study we resolved a very ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

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

In Lena Mueller’s lab at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, dead plants are OK. “Don’t worry, it’s on purpose,” said Kelly Semtner, Mueller’s high school intern, gesturing at a row of wilted ...

Recent research by a team of Japanese scientists has uncovered an intriguing aspect of plant behavior: communication. Joining us today is Sarah Gillespie from Gillespie Florists to share more ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. In the 1960s and '70s, a series of questionable experiments claimed to prove that plants could behave ...