The male primate applied a paste made from the poultice plant on his cheek, eventually closing the large wound up, according ...

Researchers say this may be the first observation of a nonhuman animal purposefully treating a wound with a medicinal plant ...

A wounded orangutan was seen self-medicating with a plant known to relieve pain. It's the first time an animal has been ...

An orangutan in Sumatra surprised scientists when he was seen treating an open wound on his cheek with a poultice made from a ...

For the first time ever, a wild male orangutan in Sumatra has been spotted tending to a wound on his face in an ingenious way ...

A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, say ...

Rakus’s homemade poultice of chewed-up leaves may have helped reduce injury-related pain and inflammation and supported wound ...

The primate named Rakus chewed up yellow root and applied it to an open facial wound, closing the sore within days ...

Deep within an Indonesian rainforest, a team of research scientists recorded something that had never been captured before: a ...

It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.

The male primate applied a paste made from the poultice plant on his cheek, eventually closing the large wound up, according ...

A male Sumatran orangutan treated a facial wound with a climbing plant known to have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving ...