Under the forest floor, networks of roots and fungi connect individual trees. Older plants may play a role in nurturing the ...

Network Rail maintains that the organisation always tries to balance the needs of the environment with a safe and efficient railway. Credit: Network Rail. For UK rail infrastructure owner Network Rail ...

Just over 20 years ago, ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered that trees do communicate with each other, and it's through a fungal network scientists have nicknamed the Wood Wide Web. Simard studied how ...

Trees rely on a network of fungal friends for good health. Mycorrhizal (from the Greek “myco” fungus, and “rhizae” root) fungi occur naturally, and help trees in many ways. The fungi help the trees ...

For the first time ever, researchers have mapped the underground network of microbes connecting forest trees around the world using an enormous data set of more than 1.1 million forest plots. Mapping ...

New research is first to show that growth rate of adult trees is linked to fungal networks colonizing their roots. Being highly connected to a strong social network has its benefits. Now a new ...