Yet research consistently shows that experiencing real nature, from having houseplants to gardening, has unparalleled mental ...

Aristotle wasn't the only ancient researcher who got information from members of the public. Another was the philosopher Theophrastus (372–287 BCE), whose main area of research was plants.

Some of the first examples of animal's using plant medicine appear in Aristotle's History of Animals, which was written in the fourth century BCE. Aristotle noted how dogs consume grass when not ...

Aristotle became a master of logic and devised a hierarchy of living things which ranked creatures from the lowest form of life (plants) to the highest (man). Unlike his teacher, he did not ...