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A new community garden in Montreal is turning an unused lot in the Milton Park neighbourhood into a green space rooted in Indigenous traditions, aimed at bringing together people and plants from ...

A familiar, even iconic, sight in California is actually an incredibly invasive species, according to plant experts.

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

New research sheds light on how chimpanzees self-medicate wounds with plants and provide aid to other chimps.

Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds 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.

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.

Chimps use medicinal plants to treat their wounds 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.

Carpobrotus edulis has been utilised for centuries by indigenous communities in South Africa, particularly the Khoisan people. They valued the plant for its diverse medicinal properties, using it ...