Cannabis has been a globally important crop for millennia. While best known today as marijuana for its psychoactive ...

A diet that replaces animal products with plant-based foods—whether unprocessed or ultra-processed—and includes soybeans can ...

Karpuravalli is also known as Indian Borage. Its leaves are boiled to make herbal tea which relieves cold, soothes throat, ...

The growing global population of elderly individuals has led to a dramatic rise in chronic diseases, including neurocognitive ...

New research published in Communications Biology has uncovered the earliest known use of the medicinal and psychoactive plant ...

RTX is a non-addictive pain therapy derived from a cactus-like plant.

Winter rains in southern California foster a variety of wild edible plants that are beneficial for food and medicine. In this video, several wild edible plants found in the area are showcased, along ...

The national facility studies, sequences and stores every possible plant species — from coastal seagrasses to desert shrubs — ...

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

A new study from Uganda's Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimps understand the specific medicinal ...

Wild chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest have been documented treating both their own and others’ injuries.