In this study, researchers analysed the responses of pregnant female moths by playing them sounds of different kinds of plants.

A tomato plant emitting screams of distress outside the range of human hearing makes a terrible place for a moth to deposit its babies. That's the conclusion that scientists at Tel Aviv University in ...

In a greenhouse in Tel Aviv, a moth is faced with a choice. On one side: a fresh, well-hydrated tomato plant. On the other, a plant that’s slightly begun to dry out. To human eyes, the two look ...

“These guys are native to China, and they’re highly populated in a lot of zoos, because thanks to zoos and a great man named ...

When most people think of Ohio, beaches aren’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind. We’re more famous for our cornfields, football obsessions, and that peculiar habit of saying “ope” when we ...

Animals react to sounds being made by plants, new research suggests, opening up the possibility that an invisible ecosystem might exist between them. In the first ever such evidence, a team at Tel ...

When a plant is stressed, it doesn’t keep quiet about it. You won’t hear the plant’s cry because it’s in the ultrasonic range — too high-pitched for human ears — but, for decades, scientists have been ...

New research has suggested that animals react to sounds made by plants, hinting at the existence of an invisible, acoustic ecosystem. A team at Israel's Tel Aviv University has provided the first ...

High temperatures and lack of rainfall stress plants by increasing transpiration rates. Transpiration, the process of plants releasing water vapor, is crucial for plant cooling but can lead to ...

To survive this heat wave, Campbell Vaughn says your plants need strong root systems.