Wild great apes often consume medicinal plants that can treat their ailments. The same plants are often used by local people ...

“This is the first time that we have observed a wild animal applying a quite potent medicinal plant directly to a wound,” ...

The Bill, introduced by environment minister Bhupender Yadav amid a din, also aims to reduce pressure on wild medicinal plants by encouraging cultivation of such plants and facilitate transfer of ...

Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain ... “We were looking for these behavioural clues that the plants might be medicinal,” Dr Freymann explained. She described one particular chimp ...

In contrast, wild American ginseng is an understory ... Because it’s such a valuable medicinal plant, harvesting ginseng has helped families in mountainous regions of states such as Kentucky ...

Ericson went over several prairie plants Native Americans used for numerous food, fiber and medicinal purposes. Other plants ...

It is the first time a creature in the wild has been recorded treating an injury with a medicinal plant. After researchers saw Rakus applying the plant poultice to his face, the wound closed up ...

On October 10, the Verkhovna Rada increased fines for illegal collection of nuts, mushrooms and berries.A total of 242 ...

The law on increasing fines for picking mushrooms, nuts and berries in areas where it is prohibited was sent to President ...

Classes sometimes end with a homemade treat, such as mugwort crackers or wild-violet ... discussing plant and mushroom identification, sustainable-harvesting practices, cooking techniques, propagation ...

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