This venomous, 8-inch centipede may be the stuff of nightmares, but it could also save your life. Researchers report in the ...

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

While the first records of human medicine are thousands of years old, new research suggests that medicine itself might ...

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

In a new paper, researchers describe how a male orangutan chewed the leaves of a plant used in traditional medicine and ...

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

Biologists have observed a wild Sumatran orangutan treating a wound with an anti-inflammatory plant in the first known case ...

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

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

The findings represent the first report of wound treatment by a wild animal using a plant with known medicinal properties.

Hemlock, a plant at the world's deadliest garden, can cause paralysis and death. ...

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