Indigenous Indonesian communities—like the Papuan Abui people of Alor—are the custodians of very ancient knowledge. Their ...

In the evolving landscape of plant medicine, terpenes have emerged from relative obscurity to become recognized as crucial therapeutic compounds. These aromatic molecules, responsible for the ...

Plants make substances called alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using ...

"My registered name is Hemerson Dantas dos Santos, but you can add ‘Pataxó Hãhãhãi’ at the end, which is the Indigenous people I belong to." This is how the interview began, conducted by Medscape’s ...

Armas / Suaq Project When a wild orangutan in Indonesia suffered a painful wound to his cheek, he did something that stunned researchers: He chewed plant leaves known to have pain-relieving and ...

Medicinal wild plants have been collected from the landscape and added to home gardens for centuries. In modern times, the cultivation and use of these healing plants may represent a healthier way of ...

In Santa Marta, a small village in Panama’s Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous region, aging shamans are seeking to preserve and pass down knowledge of traditional medicinal plants. Village members say knowledge ...

This episode takes a deep dive into the plants traditionally used as medicine. This episode takes a deep dive into the plants that have been traditionally used as medicine by Wise Women all over ...

BOSTON -- There are hundreds of native plants in our own backyards that are a valuable source of food, medicine, and even material. But climate change is threatening their existence and the ...