Anthropomorphism, long considered a cardinal sin among researchers, is making a slow comeback. At the start of Elizabeth ...
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When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did ...
A goat with an arrow wound nibbles the medicinal herb dittany. O. Dapper, CC BY When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently ...
Analysis - When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him.
The term zoopharmacognosy – “animal medicine knowledge” – was invented in 1987.
When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did ...
"We don't disturb the orangutan," said an author of the new study, Isabelle Laumer, a primatologist and cognitive biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany. "They ...
Researchers observed a wild orangutan in Sumatra treating a facial wound with a plant known for its healing properties, marking the first documented case of such behavior in a wild animal.