New research sheds light on how chimpanzees self-medicate wounds with plants and provide aid to other chimps. A new report ...

Researchers describe cases of chimps tending to others’ wounds, as well as a chimp that freed another from a snare ...

The new study builds on last year's discovery, where it was found that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to ...

There is still debate, researchers say, over whether the behavior is instinctual or based in more complex thought or even ...

Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine Lead researcher Elodie Freymann explained there was "a whole behavioural repertoire that ...

Scientists studying chimpanzees in the Budongo ... are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal properties for injuries. And the chimps are not just self-medicating — they also appear ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical ... suggests other animal species might self-medicate, with varying levels of sophistication.

Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed ... on the discovery last year that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate. The scientists also compiled decades of scientific ...