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It’s spring, which means one thing: the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is back, with a raft of new gardens for visitors to enjoy.

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Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using plants to treat open wounds and tend to each ... use natural medicines in a number of ways to stay healthy in the wild. Dr Elodie Freymann of the ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using plants to treat open wounds and tend to each other’s ­injuries. University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the Budongo Forest ...