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Do forest trees really "talk" through underground fungi?
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The idea that forest trees can "talk" to each other, share resources with their seedlings -- and even protect them -- through a connective underground web of delicate fungal filaments tickles the imagination.
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Research: Evolution of tree roots may have driven mass extinction
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The evolution of tree roots may have triggered a series of mass extinctions that rocked the Earth's oceans during the Devonian Period over 300 million years ago, according to a study led by scientists at IUPUI, along with colleagues in the United Kingdom.
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