The Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute (EBI) has announced that preparations have finalized to celebrate the International Day ...

Since ancient times medicinal plants have been used as an alternative to treat and prevent diseases as well as ensuring that ...

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

Renowned worldwide for its medicinal and cosmetic properties, Aloe ferox is also an integral part of South Africa’s cultural heritage. Linda Piegl explores the plant’s traditional uses and how to grow ...

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

A new study has found that chimpanzees in Uganda’s Budongo Forest use medicinal plants to treat their own injuries and to help others who are hurt, offering rare insight into the early roots of ...

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

In the lush, fertile regions of sub-Saharan Africa, from Ghana to Uganda and beyond, grows a climbing plant with remarkable cultural and medicinal significance mdash;Mondia whitei .

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

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

Chimpanzees are among our closest living relatives, but they may be even more like us than we realised. In fact, in the animal kingdom, it seems chimps perform crucial first aid too.

A study in Uganda shows how often chimps use medicinal plants and other forms of health care — and what that says about the roots of human medicine.