Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Don’t be fooled by this plant’s beautiful flowers. Even in ...

A traditional medicinal plant, tormentil, shows promise against antibiotic-resistant bacteria in laboratory tests. Its ...

Scientists have developed two new drug candidates for potentially treating addiction and depression, modeled on the pharmacology of a traditional African psychedelic plant medicine called ibogaine. At ...

Plants make chemical weapons to protect themselves, and many of these compounds have become vital to human medicine. Researchers found that one powerful plant chemical is produced using a gene that ...

Genetically engineering tobacco plants could enable a more sustainable production method for psychedelic drugs, which are ...