In Israel there were four different wild species of mint: horse mint, polo mint, mastrtanto and mentha aquatica.

The Egyptians were the first nomadic beekeepers, as they used to transport their hives by boat on the Nile, in search of different types of flowering plant.

Melons were grown in Egypt during the third millennium before Christ. The fruit can have either a spherical or elliptical appearance and its weight ranges from 400 grammes to 20 kg, though it rarely exceeds 5 kg.

In modern times they have been used therapeutically in very small doses to treat insomnia, rheumatic pain and gout. However, it is a very poisonous plant - an overdose can cause tachycardia, delirium and even death.

Evangelical organisations call for action to preserve biodiversity in the statement ‘Faith Call to Action for the UN Summit on Biodiversity’.

The word “mallow” only appears once in the Bible, in this quote from the book of Job, to refer to an edible plant near to desert regions.

Wood was scarce in Biblical lands, due to the poverty of the forests, it had to be imported from other regions, like Lebanon. Wood was reserved for feeding the fires of their sacrifices.

Jesus had the audacity to give the term a completely opposite meaning to the connotations that were familiar to his hearers.

We must thank God for nature, for other people, each of the parts of our body; and give thanks to God for who he is.

The Bible mentions the leopard several times with the Hebrew term namer, which means literally “the spotted beast”.

It is estimated that a couple of owls can eliminate up to two thousand mice per year.

The regard in which they were held can even be seen in some of the names that were given by the Romans: Fabius comes from the Latin word Faba, meaning bean: Cicero comes from cicer, meaning chickpea.

Covid-19 exposes the stark inequalities of our world as it wreaks havoc most on those for whom lockdown means no money and no food and who don’t have access to the basics of clean water and soap let alone a garden or park.

When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. Exodus 2:3

There are some forty thousand subspecies scattered throughout the world. All of them are cold-blooded reptiles, whose body temperature depends on their environment.

Beans (Vicia faba) formed part of the Hebrews’ staple diet. During hard times and famine, they would mix beans with cereals in order to make coarse bread.

Fig-trees appear more than forty times in the Bible, while the fruit of the tree is mentioned some twenty times.

May this crisis make you ponder life and death, and what is truly valuable.

In the Holy Land alone, there are some 90 types of herbaceous plants, each divided into hundreds of different subspecies.

Pastor Miguel Ángel Martín has been threatened with a fine by the regional government of Madrid after being the subject of a hidden camera report.

Big companies are using the confinement to attract new consumers. The Protestant Evangelical Committee for Human Dignity and other six platforms call to protect children and fight human trafficking.

The New Testament refers to hyssop in relation to the sacrifice of Christ on the cross

Despite being a plant that grows wild in Palestine, it is never mentioned in the Bible.

Beech trees need cool, nutrient-rich soil, as well as plenty of rain and atmospheric humidity. These conditions are not common in Palestine, so there are not likely to have been any beech groves there.

We do know is that they had to be consumed as part of the Passover celebration,