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Zoë Schlanger

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The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence

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Zoë Schlanger's The Light Eaters is a popular science and natural history study of botany that chronicles a field in the midst of a potentially radical transformation, tracing how researchers studying plant communication, electrical signaling, and adaptive behavior are challenging long-entrenched orthodoxies — and the professional costs that come with that.

Reviewed Aug 13, 2026

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