Ancient African Secrets releases a digital wellness guide exploring traditional plant knowledge, gut health foundations, and research-supported ...

African violets can be tricky to grow and get to bloom. Try these watering, repotting and fertilizer tips for African violet ...

Starting next month, the Lloyd Library & Museum will open its doors to a multi-faceted exhibition delves into the rich history of African botanicals and their influence on the Americas. Spearheaded by ...

Africa is losing the plant diversity that underpins food security,nutrition and livelihoods, a new report warns. The Third Report on the Stateof the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and ...

Paleobotanist Aviwe Matiwane is working in her native South Africa to find and catalog fossils of a plant that can provide us with a glimpse back in time to the climate and even food chains of a time ...

Students at the African Plant Breeding Academy in Nairobi, Kenya, conduct lab studies. The African Plant Breeding Academy, run by the University of California, Davis, in collaboration with Mars ...

Always on the hunt for a new diet remedy, Americans seem to be willing to do or swallow almost anything to lose weight. And their search can take them to unlikely places. For thousands of years, ...

Biopiracy is the illegitimate appropriation or commercial exploitation of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge – often by pharmaceutical, cosmetic or agri-food firms. While the ...