Have you ever wandered through a forest? Or, better yet, stopped for a moment to lay on your back and watch the trees swaying above you? You may have felt your senses come alive — the musky smell of ...

The author of "Braiding Sweetgrass" on how human people are only one manifestation of intelligence in the living world. The intelligence of plants has long been a theme of literature, philosophy, and ...

The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape By Katie Holten, Tin House Books. 320 pp. $26.96. Communicators. Migrants. Soothsayers. Beings more deserving of the rights of personhood ...

A new study has finally settled the debate on whether trees can talk. While they do not vocal presence, trees do communicate through a language of their own. A group of researchers closely observed ...

In the 5½ years since the conflict began, many playwrights have weighed in on the Iraq war from military, political and ideological perspectives, but relatively few have focused on the home front.

The more we learn about science and nature, the more interesting it becomes. While no other species has quite the same communication ability as humans, other species do communicate. Dogs use their ...