The chimpanzee was sick ... study adds to a body of research that suggests some animals may use plants or insects to self-medicate. Our closest cousins, the apes, have often played a starring ...

Observers have long suspected that chimpanzees use plants to self-medicate. Now, a new paper published last week in the journal PLOS ONE offers more evidence in support of this idea. Researchers ...

Sick and injured chimpanzees self-medicate using medicinal plants, researchers have found. Wild chimps in Uganda have been filmed seeking out and eating plants with antibacterial and anti ...

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.

A landmark study has revealed that wild chimpanzees use medicinal plants to treat themselves when ill, a finding that could assist in the search for new drugs. Researchers led by Dr Elodie ...

Researchers say the footage adds to a growing body of evidence that primates, including chimps, orangutans and gorillas, use natural medicines in a number of ways to stay healthy in the wild.

Wild chimps are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal properties for injuries. And the chimps are not just self-medicating — they also appear to treat one another’s wounds.

May 14 (UPI) --New research sheds light on how chimpanzees self-medicate wounds with plants and provide aid to other chimps. A new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and ...