naure.com
NatureSurprise 4/5Difficulty 3/5Reviewed on September 15, 2026

Trees communicate and share nutrients through underground fungal networks.

Why it is true

Known as the mycorrhizal network, this symbiosis between roots and fungi allows trees to exchange carbon, water, and warning signals about pests, functioning like a sort of forest internet.

Source: Nature

Would you rather be asked first?

This is the reading side of the site, so the answer is in the sentence above — that is the whole point of it. Test yourself works the other way round: the question comes on its own, and the fact and the explanation only appear once you have answered.

Test yourself →10-question challenge

Related facts

More in Nature

See all →