Close up of mossy green liverwort growing in rocky environment

Liverwort – Even Better Than CBD?

Liverwort may be considered a primitive plant, but it could some day compete with medical marijuana for its therapeutic benefits.
Close up of dried green tea leaves on a wooden spoon

New Study: Green Tea Might Block Viral Growth

Green tea drinkers might be on to something as science proves the tea plant can prevent the replication of abnormal cells as well as viruses such as the one responsible for COVID-19.
Nectar bat lapping nectar from Jatoba flower at night

Bats Buy Into Jatoba’s ‘Sweet Rain’ – Help Pollinate

The medicinal plant Jatoba provides health benefits for people and nutrition for pollinators like nectar bats.
Giant 9-foot corpse flower in full bloom at a botanical garden

Rare Corpse Flowers Have Killer Following

You probably don't want to eat lunch around a blooming corpse flower, but its magnificent bloom makes the putrid odor tolerable.
Orangutan sitting in rain forest chewing a plant leaf

Orangutans Self-Medicate With Dracaena

Yes, even great apes self-medicate. Scientists observe Bornean orangutans making lotions out of dracaena plants and spreading the solution on their tired muscles.