Plants produce an enormous abundance of natural products. Many natural plant products are ancestry-specific and occur only in ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds ... will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, clean other animals’ wounds by licking them, and use leaves for ...

Pine Hollow Arboretum is one of many botanical gardens rethinking their planting strategies as the climate warms. These ...

The timing of plants' root placement is due to autophagy, the recycling pathway many people associate with health benefits from fasting.

Lauren Larsen talks with Justi VanderVelden, the Nursery Manager at Lowney's about plants native to our neighborhoods.

Use plants that offer a succession of blooms from early in the season until late to have continuous color and attract pollinators. Despite pouring time and money into their grass lawns ...

Aspirin can be used in gardens ... which helps plants cope with stress. Plants naturally produce small amounts of salicylic acid when under stress, boosting their immune systems.

These insect pollinators use temperature and daylight length as cues for when to emerge or when to migrate to their spring and summer habitats. As the rate of climate change increases, the chances of ...

In 2022, five animals escaped from Sydney's Taronga Zoo in Australia, but were the escaped animals: a) elephants, b) lions, or c) zebras? Listen to the programme to hear the answer.

(This is why you see them used in window boxes in Europe where air conditioning is rare and windows are left open.) Another plant for heat is Scavolea or Fan Flower, with thick succulent-like ...