A horrifying-looking, 8-inch-long venomous centipede could help to save the lives of people with kidney disease. The Chinese red-headed centipede ( Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans) contains special ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Umeå researchers describe a natural product-like ...

A venomous, 8-inch centipede may be the stuff of nightmares, but it could save the life of those affected by kidney disease.

“Analyses of plant chemical compounds show the presence of furanoditerpenoids and protoberberine alkaloids, which are known ...

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are as bitter and toxic as they are hard to pronounce. They're produced by several different types of ...

A male orangutan was spotted chewing up antibacterial and pain-relieving plants and applying the paste to a wound on his ...

In California, where the herbal substance kratom has become a common fixture in vape-and-smoke shops, lawmakers are now ...

In a world first, researchers have discovered a male Sumatran orangutan using natural remedies to treat a facial wound.

It's well-known that the ancient Maya had their own version of ball games, which were played with a rubber ball on stone ...

An orangutan has been spotted treating an open wound with a medicinal plant, the first time the behaviour has been seen in ...

If you eat even small amounts of the plant as an adult you could die a very painful death. Personally, I want to spare you ...

In Disney’s the Jungle Book, the orangutan King Louie famously sings how much he wants to be like young human Mowgli.Now it ...