An orangutan in a protected Indonesian rainforest site who sustained a facial wound treated the injury himself, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports earlier this month. The ...

Mely the female orangutan had never been taught how to use her arms or legs after her mother was killed and she was captured ...

An orangutan named Suryia and a stray hound dog named Roscoe became best friends on a preserve in Myrtle Beach, Dr. Baghavan "Doc" Antle explains. An orangutan named Suryia and a stray hound dog named ...

A wild orangutan was observed applying a plant with known medicinal properties to a wound, a first for a wild animal. Even though there is evidence of certain self-medication behaviors in animals, so ...

Source: Safruddin, Armas, Ulil Azhari, Adami, used with permission. The wild Sumatran orangutans of the Suaq Balimbing research area in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, have been the subjects ...

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An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported ...

This week on Humankind, inspiration came in many forms. Creatures featured heavily in our favorite stories. We saw an ape take a shine to a mom and her baby at the zoo, a squirrel tag along with a ...