# Suzanne Simard: How trees talk to each other

"A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery — trees talk, often and over vast distances. Learn more about the harmonious yet complicated social lives of trees and prepare to see the natural world with new eyes.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2016
- Runtime: 18 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/SuzanneSimard_2016T)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/SuzanneSimard_2016T?play=1)