Scientists from the University of Oxford have discovered that wild chimpanzees appear to 'self-medicate' using medicinal plants such as tree bark and leaves.

Wild chimpanzees in Uganda appeared to seek out and eat specific plants with medicinal properties when they were sick. Anup Shah via Getty Images Chimpanzees may be using the forest like their own ...

Scientists from the University of Oxford have discovered that wild chimpanzees appear to 'self-medicate' using medicinal plants such as tree bark and leaves.

Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. They described their “detective work” in the forests of Uganda ...

However, it is hard to determine whether chimpanzees self-medicate, by intentionally seeking out plants with properties that help their specific ailments, or passively consume plants that happen ...

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

Primatologist Elodie Freymann arrived in Uganda’s Budongo Forest in 2021 to observe the chimpanzees there and learn more about their ability to self-medicate with healing plants. But as she ...

Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. They described their “detective work” in the forests of Uganda ...

Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists.