A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use ...

The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.

Scientists studying chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, Uganda, have observed that these primates don't just treat their own ...

A study in Uganda shows how often chimps use medicinal plants and other forms of health care — and what that says about the roots of human medicine.

A landmark study has revealed that wild chimpanzees use medicinal plants to treat themselves when ill, a finding that could assist in the search for new drugs. Researchers led by Dr Elodie ...

Sick and injured chimpanzees self-medicate using medicinal plants, researchers have found. Wild chimps in Uganda have been filmed seeking out and eating plants with antibacterial and anti ...

Some chimpanzees treated wounds with chewed leaves, while others pressed their fingers to injuries or helped remove snares ...

Eating such food, Singer found, improved infected caterpillar survival. When experiencing stomach upset, chimpanzees turn to noxious plants, such as the bitter leaf plant, to help handle any ...

Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to eat when they are sick or injured, a study says. The birth of the chimpanzee was in front of astonished visitors, says Chester Zoo. Sharing prams with ...

Bees, sheep, and chimps are just a few of the animals known to self-medicate. Can they teach us about maintaining our own health? A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and ...

A new study shows that wild chimpanzees use medicinal plants to treat wounds and maintain hygiene, among other things. The ...