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Reliance on natural healing cultivates respect for nature in Indonesian village

Wahyu Chandra 9 Jan 2018

Orangutans process plants into medicine, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Dec 2017

Conservation leaders in Africa call for a crackdown on biopiracy

Sophie Mbugua 13 Oct 2017
Alvarado picking a flower called Chiriwayusa in Quichua, which he will use for a medicinal steam bath. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay.

What would you do if you had “nature’s pharmacy” in your backyard?

Kimberley Brown 17 May 2017

Local communities rush to save Kenya’s only lowland rainforest

Isaiah Esipisu 29 Mar 2016

Zebrafish may hold key to heart regeneration

Chaney Giordano 12 Oct 2015

Coral could prevent HIV: newly discovered protein blocks infection

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 May 2014

Hope rises as new malaria vaccine shows promise

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2013

Loris champion: conserving the world’s most surprising primate family

Jeremy Hance 4 Jun 2013

Scary caterpillar fungus could lead to new cancer drug

Alex Hatheway 14 Jan 2013

Over 80 species targeted by hunters in Brazil’s northeast

Jeremy Hance 17 Sep 2012

Amazon plant yields miracle cure for dental pain

Jeremy Hance 14 Mar 2012

Smelly frogs may be key to fighting antibiotic-resistant infections

Jeremy Hance 1 Dec 2011

Zoopharmacognosy: how self-healing animals could save humans

Allison Hegan 27 Nov 2011

Chemotherapy tree facing extinction

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2011

Belief and butchery: how lies and organized crime are pushing rhinos to extinction

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2011

What does Nature give us? A special Earth Day article

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2011

Coral crisis: 75% of the world’s coral reefs in danger

Jeremy Hance 23 Feb 2011

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