Wild chimps eat medicinal plants to treat illness and injuries, reveals new research. Sick chimpanzees consume tree bark, dead wood and ferns with antibiotic and anti-inflammatory effects ...

“This is the first time that we have observed a wild animal applying a quite potent medicinal plant directly to a wound,” said co-author Isabelle Laumer, a biologist at the Max Planck ...

There are more than 100 wild animal species unique to China ... 2,000 species of edible plants and over 3,000 species of medicinal plants. Ginseng from the Changbai Mountains, safflowers from ...

The Bill, introduced by environment minister Bhupender Yadav amid a din, also aims to reduce pressure on wild medicinal plants by encouraging cultivation of such plants and facilitate transfer of ...

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hasn’t been done with the level of accuracy that you would need for a medicinal drug,” she explains. “A common mistake would be to study different plant species in the same family ...

It is the first time a creature in the wild has been recorded treating an injury with a medicinal plant. Read the full story here.

A treasure herb that has fed, healed, and connected communities for centuries, most of us would have memories of Bichu Buti as that prickly plant we were warned to avoid while wandering the hills—a ...