DOCTORS BY NATURE

Long before modern medicine, animals were already using nature’s pharmacy to heal themselves. In Doctors by Nature, Jaap de Roode reveals the remarkable ways wildlife self-medicate, from apes swallowing special leaves to bees coating hives in resin. Drawing on global research and his own studies of monarch butterflies, de Roode uncovers the astonishing intelligence behind these behaviours and explores what they could mean for human health. This insightful book invites us to learn from the natural world, offering new hope for sustainable medicine, agriculture, and care for animals and the environment.