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 ...

With their bright eyes and prominent beards and mustaches, it’s easy to see how orangutans got their name; “orang” is Malay for person, while “hutan” means forest. Their similarity to humans doesn’t ...

Named Rakus, the wild orangutan living in Indonesia used a plant known to accelerate healing and prevent infection Scientific Reports A male orangutan with a facial wound surprised scientists in ...

Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented. Rakus, a male Sumatran ...

A Sumatran orangutan was seen using a medicinal plant to heal a facial wound at an Indonesian research site in a first step for non-humankind. The male primate applied a paste made from the poultice ...

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 ...