In some cases, chimpanzees dabbed their open wounds with leaves. In rarer cases, they chewed up plant material (like leaves ...

Stressing the interdependence of all life forms on Earth, Indonesia’s first environment minister, Emil Salim, once said that humans must respect nature ...

With the tireless efforts of Co De Chai Cooperative and more than 1,200 local households, the valuable herbs are being ...

The paper analyses the transformation within the Pharmacopoeia, focusing on the presence of Monographs for Native medicinal plants. The result showed a strong substitution of Native American medicinal ...

Ever wonder what plants can actually heal? These native Texas species were once used as medicine—and still are.

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When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him. The animal ...