In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a group of researchers documented the first observed instance of a wild Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) actively treating a facial ...

A recent study suggests that the large mammals may seek out parts of bananas and papayas when they’re suffering from gut parasites, sparking a cross-species exchange of pharmaceutical knowledge ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported ...

TALLINN - A popular science book by Ain Raal, a professor of pharmacognosy at the University of Tartu, titled 'Medicinal Plants from the Home Cabinet: Teas, Infusions, Powders, Ointments: Preparation ...

Exploring the Wonders of Licorice Licorice, a time-honored medicinal herb, has been utilized in traditional practices such as ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.

Under the initiative, rural communities are being encouraged to take up medicinal plant farming with support from village forest development committees and self-help groups formed under the project ...

What if you could search on your mobile phone the herbal anecdote for nausea and immediately, you are given location-based agricultural information, recipes and recommendations for ginger? This type ...

The company, which is currently working with about 80 farmers, is still working on its grading machinery and is in talks with a couple of companies, including one from abroad ...

Forest communities in southwestern Ghana use 70 species of medicinal trees to treat up to 83 ailments, according to a recent study. These plants contain high levels of bioactive compounds with ...

The non-Indigenous, mestizo, ejido (communal agricultural land) Tecopatlán is located in the municipality of Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, in the influence zone of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere ...