and insects possessing medicinal properties to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of pathogens, toxins, and other animals. Scientific evidence for medicating by animals has taken this field ...

It’s the first time any wild animal has been seen caring for a wound using a natural substance with known medicinal properties, researchers report May 2 in Scientific Reports. On June 25 ...

An orangutan has been observed using a plant with healing properties to treat a wound on its face, in what scientists say is a first for wild animals. Biologists witnessed the male Sumatran ...

For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal ... demonstrate an animal using a plant with known biomedical properties for the ...

When a wild orangutan in Indonesia suffered a painful wound to his cheek, he did something that stunned researchers: He chewed plant leaves known to have pain-relieving and healing properties ...

"[This] is the first observation of a wild animal actually treating his wound ... or chewing plants with known medicinal properties during times of increased risk of disease,” are behaviors ...

Several plants eaten by chimpanzees when they are ill or wounded have been found to have medicinal effects ... it is difficult to establish when wild animals are ill and what effect their diet ...

See All Key Ideas Wild chimpanzees actively seek out plants with medicinal properties to treat themselves for specific ailments,a new study has found. While most animals consume foods with ...