Peter Wohlleben

“The saliva of each species is different, and trees can match the saliva to the insect. Indeed, the match can be so…

— Peter Wohlleben

“If a giraffe starts eating an African acacia, the tree releases a chemical into the air that signals that a threat is…

— Peter Wohlleben

“In the symbiotic community of the forest, not only trees but also shrubs and grasses—and possibly all plant species—exchange information this way.…

— Peter Wohlleben

“But together, many trees create an ecosystem that moderates extremes of heat and cold, stores a great deal of water, and generates…

— Peter Wohlleben

“There are more life forms in a handful of forest soil than there are people on the planet.”

— Peter Wohlleben

“It all starts with the wolves. Wolves disappeared from Yellowstone, the world’s first national park, in the 1920s. When they left, the…

— Peter Wohlleben

“forests are superorganisms with interconnections much like ant colonies.”

— Peter Wohlleben

“Every tree, therefore, is valuable to the community and worth keeping around for as long as possible. And that is why even…

— Peter Wohlleben

“The difference is that it is even darker under the leaves of their cohort that has pulled ahead than it was under…

— Peter Wohlleben

“We have learned that mother trees recognize and talk with their kin, shaping future generations. In addition, injured trees pass their legacies…

— Peter Wohlleben

“František Baluška from the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany at the University of Bonn is of the opinion that brain-like structures…

— Peter Wohlleben

“My hope is that the wolves’ stewardship of natural processes in Yellowstone will help people appreciate the complex ways that trees interact…

— Peter Wohlleben

“But the most astonishing thing about trees is how social they are. The trees in a forest care for each other, sometimes…

— Peter Wohlleben