Bioacoustics & The Secret Language of Trees

Abstract

Trees don't just sit there—they talk to each other, sound alarms, and wage underground biochemical wars. The Deep Dive: Recent botanical research shows that forests are interconnected by fungal networks (the "Wood Wide Web") that transmit distress signals. Even wilder: dried roots and stems have been recorded making faint, clicking noises at specific ultrasonic frequencies, effectively "talking" when they are thirsty.