By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

The notoriously cruel Roman emperor Caligula may have been quite knowledgeable about medicinal plants, a new study suggests.

A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use leaves for a hygienic scrub.

The good news is that with a little knowledge, no pet (or their concerned owner) needs to suffer from poisonous plants.

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

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Nebraska Medicine is known for the comprehensive care that it provides. Now, it and the University of Nebraska Medical Center ...

A large prospective study published in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research reveals that a healthy plant-based diet is ...

The common name, mad dog skullcap, bears some explanation. It was previously thought that skullcap was able to cure and prevent rabies. The claims were disproven. Native Americans did, however, use ...

In some cases, chimpanzees dabbed their open wounds with leaves. In rarer cases, they chewed up plant material (like leaves or stem bark) and applied it directly to the affected area with their mouths ...