A study on medicinal plants published in Cell highlights the symbiotic relationship between humans and plant species, particularly in the context of medicine. This relationship, which spans millennia, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A goat with an arrow wound nibbles the medicinal herb dittany. O. Dapper, CC BY When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered ...

Autism spectrum disorder (hereafter referred to as “autism”) is a complex, multidimensional condition far from fully understood. Though its etiology is still under investigation, its diagnostic ...

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – The 46th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology took place at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe on May 21-24. People converged at the campus from around ...

Africa’s diverse landscapes, featuring abundant biodiversity, are seminal for agriculture and sustenance of countless livelihoods. The continent stands at a pivotal juncture where the principles of ...

Each one of several kinds of wildlife in Lancaster County has a special relationship with a specific species of common plant during summer. Some of that local vegetation includes stinging nettles, ...

You've likely not heard of the term myrmecophily. Literally meaning ant love, it refers to ants' bonds with other organisms.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the first animals to crawl onto land were strict meat-eaters, even as plants had already taken over the landscape. Now scientists have uncovered a ...

A few weeks ago, I had a wide-ranging discussion with tree scholar, and integral ecologist Laura Pustarfi that sent my mind whirling in many different directions for a number of reasons, including my ...