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.

"When a child has a fever, crush a 'candlenut' (fiyaai [Aleurites moluccanus]). Add water to the mixture, and apply it to the ...

Sylvia Mitchell (left) is Head of the Medicinal Plant Biotechnology Research Group in the Biotechnology Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI; Mona, Jamaica). She founded this research ...

Since the dawn of humanity, we have been finding ways to use the gifts of the earth to our advantage and for our survival.

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“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 restaurants ...

A new review of recent studies shows that chimpanzees use some of the same medicinal plants as humans. In Uganda, the great apes have been observed applying plants with known beneficial phytochemicals ...