Books come from trees. Whether it’s the blank sheet a writer begins with or the printed page readers ultimately encounter, we imprint our words on wood pulp made from pine, spruce, birch, poplar ...

A professor of forest and conservation sciences at the University of British Columbia and a science communicator, Simard has given a Ted Talk and has a book, “Finding the Mother Tree,” coming ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Jonathan C. Slaght FINDING THE MOTHER TREE Discovering Wisdom in the Forest By Suzanne Simard ...

Within the book’s pages, a variety of another species named the whitebarked Himalayan birch looks as if it has been formed of alabaster. But I am taunting you, for to grow them in a hot, humid ...

Trees share. Fast-growing birch send nutrients to slower-moving fir trees. In winter, the goods go in reverse. Birch, shorn of their leaves, receive sugars and carbon from evergreens.

Certainly, some birch trees fall down when they die, but most just stand in the forest year after year. That’s good. Birch snags become homes for birds, animals and insects.

If you take a walk in a snowy field (or forest) among some birch trees, look down. You should see tiny things in the snow, little seed-like structures.

New research reveals older trees use bioelectrical signals to warn forest of solar eclipses, showing advanced tree communication and adaptation.