Category: General News
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Would Zola have been Interested?
As reported recently in Nature and other sources, Rakus, a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is the first wild animal to be documented using a medicinal plant to treat a wound.
But, according to Nature, Adrienne Mayor wasn’t surprised to hear the news. “As a historian of ancient science who investigates what Greeks and Romans knew about plants and animals, I was reminded of similar cases reported by Aristotle, Pliny the Elder, Aelian and other naturalists from antiquity,” she writes. It even has a name: zoopharmacognosy — ‘animal medicine knowledge’. A favourite: according to Pliny, deer ate wild artichokes as an antidote for toxic plants. (the leaves relieve nausea and stomach cramps and protect the liver). -
International Colloquium of the Aizen
THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM OF THE AIZEN:
We are pleased to announce that the next international colloquium of the AIZEN will take place June 26-28, 2025 at the University of Maia in Portugal We invite you to take a virtual tour of this magnificent campus located in the town of Maia, at the following link:
https://www.umaia.pt/pt/universidade/banco-de-imagens
The town of Maia is in northern Portugal in the metropolitan area of historic Porto, the country’s second largest city. The two organizers-in-chief of the colloquium are Dr. Juliana Starr (President of the AIZEN), and Dr. Célia Vieira (University of Maia). We look forward to seeing you there in large numbers!
