Deadly Venom from Spiders and Snakes Can Also Heal What Ails You

TUCSON, Ariz. — In a small room in a building at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, invertebrate caretaker Emma Califf lifts a rock in a plastic box. “This is one of our desert hairs,” she said, pointing to a three-inch-long scorpion with a curved tail on its back. “The largest scorpion in North America.” This captive …

How ‘Everything Everywhere’ Helps Heal the Generation

When I was 13, I wanted to be accepted into a psychiatric hospital. I was devastated with Debilitating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), forced to write every single letter against a flat, from perfection to hell. He was making fun of my seventh grade mojo. Perfectionism also shattered my sleep schedule. I spent countless hours on …

Chimpanzees Catch Insects To Heal Wounds. Folk Medicine?

There have been other reports of self-medication in animals, including dogs and cats that probably eat grass or plants to help them vomit, and bears and deer who apparently consume medicinal plants to self-medicate. Orangutans have been observed to apply plant material to soothe muscle injuries. However, the researchers know of no previous reports of …