The winter chill sets in, and with it often comes a potential dip in your well-being(enter cold and flu season). But what if ...

Imagine walking a few steps from your kitchen and harvesting nature’s own medicine. No more frantically searching the produce section when you feel that first tickle in your throat. The secret to ...

In India, traditional healing practices like Ayurveda have long emphasized the importance of medicinal plants for overall ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to turn plants into better medicines. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge explains what we already know about herbal remedies — and what ...

This herb can be grown indoors or out, and there are benefits to both options. Which choice should you make? We'll explain ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. — About 20 to 30 years ago, the use of medicinal plant gardens for drug research slowed down in part because there was no living collection that could be used sustainably or ...

Visitors learn about individual native plants and their uses at a tour of KU's medicinal garden. The public can celebrate the summer solstice with a guided tour of KU’s medicinal garden that will ...

I really love plants. My lifelong career and hobbies have mostly centered around ornamental horticulture – the beauty of plants. Of course, I’m also aware of the environmental role and necessity of ...

San Diego Botanic Garden re-opened this week, but there’s new rules and limitations. Photo credit: @sdbgarden, via Twitter The San Diego Botanic Garden has received a $384,000 grant from the Conrad ...

Plants have supplied us with remedies for as long as humans have walked the earth. The knowledge of herbs and flowers and their medicinal properties, once the preserve of wise old women, has in later ...

Dr Nehemiah Latolla, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Nelson Mandela University’s Department of Human Physiology, has been awarded a prestigious Australia-Africa Universities Network Partnership ...

Technology now makes plant identification effortless, benefiting gardeners, travelers, and photographers. Apps like ...