Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes. A new study from Aarhus University shows that most native forest plants are ...

This blend of old and new knowledge opens exciting ... the wilderness to enjoy the benefits of wild plants. Many people are now cultivating “forest gardens” in their own backyards, mimicking ...

It supports 20,000 species of plants and over 2,000 kinds of vertebrates, with new species still being discovered. (birds chirping) Many are found nowhere else in the world. The Atlantic Forest ...

Ants play a key role in forest regeneration, according to a new ... wildflowers, their jewel-like tones shining from the forest floor. But in newer forests, spring ephemerals such as trillium ...

New England is home to about 70 species of wild orchids ... (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Outside the forest, experts have not yet been able to grow full whorled pogonia plants from their seeds.

Observers have long suspected that chimpanzees use plants to self-medicate. Now, a new paper published ... two groups of wild chimpanzees through Uganda’s Budongo Forest for eight months.

The wildflowers in the photograph appear at the base of the first hedgerow at the trail entrance. In addition, an expanse of ...

A new study from Uganda's Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimps understand the specific medicinal ...

Scientists think studying this wild ape behaviour - and understanding more about the plants the chimps use when they are sick or injured - could help in the search for new medicines. "The more we ...