A new study from Uganda's Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimps understand the specific medicinal ...

The growing global population of elderly individuals has led to a dramatic rise in chronic diseases, including neurocognitive ...

Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented. Rakus, a male ...

Find out more about what this space is all about here. This map of medicinal plants depicts one or two important species that grew in each state in 1932, identifying the plant as native or ...

A new study uses metabolic profiling to uncover ancient knowledge systems behind therapeutic and psychoactive plant use in ancient Arabia.

This line of research, broadly, suggests that primates are capable of finding and determining the medicinal value of plants. “Chimpanzees rely on the forest, not just for food, and not just for ...

In more than 20 years of field research, Rakus is the first orangutan to be observed using a medicinal plant to treat wounds. Armas / Suaq Project via Max Planck Institute In June 2022 ...

And then there are cases such as Edible and Medicinal Plants of Canada. This plant guide was first published in 2009 but somehow, 14 years later, it remains a perennial presence on the Canadian ...

Chimpanzees appear to consume plants with medicinal properties to treat their ailments, according to a study published on June 20 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Elodie Freymann from the ...

They found that 88 percent of the plant extracts inhibited bacterial growth, while 33 percent had anti-inflammatory properties. One of them is even used as a medicinal plant by East African ...

“I can help you find 50 edible or medicinal plants, no matter where we are,” says Dave Odd, founder of Eat The Neighborhood Foraging Tours and Events. Dave Odd has been supplying Chicago ...