Playlist

The secret lives of plants

Trees talk, flowers build elaborate traps and some plants can even come back from the dead. Skeptical? These fascinating talks may just grow on you.

Stefano Mancuso

The roots of plant intelligence

Richard Preston

The mysterious lives of giant trees

Rachel Sussman

The world's oldest living things

Jonathan Drori

The beautiful tricks of flowers

Suzanne Simard

How trees talk to each other

Antonio Donato Nobre

The magic of the Amazon: A river that flows invisibly all around us

Jill Farrant

How we can make crops survive without water

Michael Pollan

A plant's-eye view

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Humble plants that hide surprising secrets