The baby's mother is named Luna and her father is named Madju. The family of three accounts for half of the Bornean orangutans at Busch Gardens. Researchers believe there are only 104,700 left in the ...
Self-medicating in animals has been reported before, but scientists noted something particularly special when they observed a ...
Orangutans are great apes primarily found in Southeast Asia. They are the largest tree-dwelling mammal and primarily eat ...
An orangutan in Indonesia that sustained a facial wound treated it himself, according to a study published in the journal ...
The study, led by Caroline Schuppli and Isabelle Laumer, took place at the Suaq Balimbing research site in Indonesia, which ...
A male Sumatran orangutan treated a facial wound with a climbing plant known to have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving ...
A wild orangutan was observed applying a plant with known medicinal properties to a wound, a first for a wild animal.
In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight ...
Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal ...
The findings represent the first report of wound treatment by a wild animal using a plant with known medicinal properties.
A male orangutan was spotted chewing up antibacterial and pain-relieving plants and applying the paste to a wound on his ...
Medical doctors recount a remarkable day at Busch Gardens when they saved a baby using tools from the maternity ward.