Shana Calixte-Pitawanakwat and her husband David were spending a quiet Saturday evening at their campsite at Samuel de ...

Elmore Leonard once said “I don’t have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I ...

Shea butter has historically been used for skin ailments for centuries. Learn the wide range of shea butter benefits and how ...

Mountain ski guides frequent the high alpine where whitebark pine grows. Two are using their time in the backcountry to ...

This use of plants in tinctures and as healing medicine is truly endless and completely natural. Across the world, bushes, herbs, flowers, and barks are used to ease symptoms of pain, anxiety, and ...

The bark is used in traditional healing practices, and can fetch up to R200 per piece. ‘Bark stripping’ not only destroys ...

Abstract: We propose an efficient skin region segmentation methodology using low complexity fuzzy decision tree constructed over B, G, R colour space. Skin and nonskin training dataset has been ...

A new seedling planting initiative is revitalising Newlands Forest in Cape Town, bringing together traditional healers, ...

The wrap-around spider, native to Australia, has captivated the internet due to its unique camouflage technique. This spider ...

Camouflage is Mother Nature's greatest form of deception, and these animals are doing it better than any others.

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that ...

Tests on a drug made from tree bark have produced 'conclusive' evidence ... the drug could have negative side effects, including skin pain and diarrhoea. But she added: 'On the face of it, these ...