Caligula, the ancient Roman emperor infamous for his insanity and cruelty, may have had a soft spot for plants, according to recently published research. A new study co-authored by Trevor Luke, a ...

Previous study suggests that about 1.28 billion adults suffer from high blood pressure, but this medical condition can be reversed through lifestyle behaviours such as eating clean, reducing sodium ...

A study on medicinal plants published in Cell highlights the symbiotic relationship between humans and plant species, particularly in the context of medicine. This relationship, which spans millennia, ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, have used extracts from medicinal plants to produce ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner A young chimpanzee looks on during an outing ...

A critical new strategy is now in development for the Himalayas, as 50 leading global experts convened in Chongqing, China, ...

Physician and botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold brought unique Asian plant species to Leiden in the 19th century. His legacy shows which plants once played an important role in healthcare. Many of ...

An orangutan named Rakus hit a rough patch in the summer of 2022. Researchers heard a fight between male orangutans in the treetops of a rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia; a day later, they spotted ...

A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Oxford and published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution has revealed that wild chimpanzees in ...

The study of our primate cousins has revealed many of them have remarkably advanced behaviors, but a new observation in Sumatra caught seasoned scientists by surprise. An orangutan known as Rakus ...