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

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 ...

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

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 ...

It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told ...

Rakus, an adult male orangutan, was seen chewing the stems and leaves of a medicinal plant into a poultice before applying it to his facial wound.

The ape covered his face with chewed leaves that contain berberine, an extract that is available in pharmacies ...

Key Takeaways Primates can tend to their wounds using medicinal plants A male orangutan named Rakus chewed medicinal leaves ...

As we stuff our Opinion section with commentaries of the day – our own editorial pages inside news pages crowded with noteworthy stories – the particulars about seed exchanges are often sidelined as ...

The male primate applied a paste made from the poultice plant on his cheek, eventually closing the large wound up, according to research published Thursday at the Scientific Reports journal. A month ...

chewing the stems and leaves of a plant called akar kuning into a poultice before applying it to his facial wound. Akar kuning, an evergreen climbing plant, has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial ...