Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the ...

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

A new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution provides fresh clues on the origin of human ...

South Africa’s historical honeybush herbal tea farmers were dispossessed of their land during colonialism and apartheid.

Renowned worldwide for its medicinal and cosmetic properties, Aloe ferox is also an integral part of South Africa’s cultural ...

“We didn’t know much about the chimpanzees on that side of Africa,” Mascaro said ... capable of finding and determining the medicinal value of plants. “Chimpanzees rely on the forest ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using plants to treat open wounds and tend to each other’s ­injuries.

The federal government says the country's medicinal plants remain largely underutilized, undervalued, and insufficiently integrated into the mainstream health and economic systems.

From Czech meadows and forests to tropical jungles, dry African steppes, and the mountainous slopes of Asia, Czechia is home ...

The chimps use the leaves to treat their own injuries and tend the wounds of others. According to results published in the ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.