Scientists have spotted an orangutan using medicinal plants to tend to its own wounds. A male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus was observed by German and Indonesian scientists chewing up the leaves of a ...
Observers have documented multiple animal species using plants for self-medicinal purposes, such as great apes eating plants ...
Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal ...
As our closest non-human relatives, primates remain some of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. And they continue to surprise science with their knowledge. A new research paper published in ...
For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal properties.
An orangutan named Rakus has a pretty solid grasp of first-aid. He's the first orangutan ever observed to intentionally ...
Self-medicating in animals has been reported before, but scientists noted something particularly special when they observed a ...
An orangutan in Indonesia that sustained a facial wound treated it himself, according to a study published in the journal ...
The reddish orange orangutan rubs the mashed up plant on its face. One could mistake this for mindless monkey business, but ...
Researchers say an orangutan in Indonesia appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a plant. It's the latest example of an ...