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Scientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound in a forest reserve in Indonesia.

For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal properties.

A male Sumatran orangutan chewed the leaves of a plant used in Indonesian traditional medicine and placed them on a wound on his face

Loango, a large protected area on the west coast of Central Africa, is a natural paradise: the area, over 1,502 square kilometres,

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal the year’s most riveting findings about our close relatives and ancestors

"This is the first promising kind of suggestion that this (behavior) might not be uniquely human, and that chimpanzees might be capable and motivated to do this."

A photographer captured images of the great apes in Gabon applying an unknown species of insect to both themselves and their family members.

A photographer captured images of the great apes in Gabon applying an unknown species of insect to both themselves and their family members.

The “animals’ pharmacy” mainly aims at treating parasites and wounds using plants and insects.

Chimpanzees and gorillas have coexisted in peace for many years. Although they sometimes kill off youngsters or each other in one-on-one fights, ganging up on single males and entering in interspecies war are not their common behavior.