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 ...
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 ...
Observers have documented multiple animal species using plants for self-medicinal purposes, such as great apes eating plants ...
Luna loved the ultrasound game. The 26-year-old orangutan at Busch Gardens would come up to the mesh screening that separates ...
Earlier this month, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan was born at the Florida-based establishment, according to a press release obtained by PEOPLE. The animal, a girl, was delivered by c ...