Magic Mushrooms Help Trees Gossip

<p>The trees are talking about us… but not the way you think. Almost thirty years ago, Dr. Suzanne Simard discovered a vast network of fungal threads beneath the forest floor that functions as a complex communication network. This episode, Dr. Simard joins Dr. Samantha Yammine to discuss how trees connect with one another and how that discovery changed the way we think about forest ecosystems. Sam also&nbsp;looks into&nbsp;an Austrian cow&nbsp;who’s&nbsp;learned how to use tools and a new study that claims …