A Plant A Day

On the Kalahari sand savannas of central Angola, botanists recently described Baphia arenicola, a remarkable “underground tree” in the Legume […]

This post series on botanical ingredient adulteration is inspired by the excellent work coming out of the Botanical Adulterants Prevention

In this clip, Dennis and I are unpacking why a powerful, and somewhat obscure African shrub suddenly became the political

Society still has not fully resolved the question: are psychedelic substances a potential response to the very diseases modern society

Tomorrow I’m releasing a powerful new Explorer’s Way episode featuring Beto Borges, and this clip is your chance to meet

Among the newly named species of 2025 was a striking orchid from Ecuador often described as “bloodstained” for its vivid

This post series on botanical ingredient adulteration is inspired by the excellent work coming out of the Botanical Adulterants Prevention

Too often, Indigenous peoples are spoken about only as symbols: the Hollywood version of the noble savage in harmony with

Mango Ginger (Curcuma amada) is type of ginger with pale-yellow flowers and an underground rhizome which closely resemble common ginger

Beto Borges looks beyond carbon and asks us to rethink how we value nature itself. He explains why he believes