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 ...

Wild chimps eat medicinal plants to treat illness and injuries, reveals new research. Sick chimpanzees consume tree bark, ...

A remarkable body of accounts from ancient to medieval times describes self-medication by many different animals. The animals used plants to treat illness, repel parasites, neutralize poisons and ...

Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to eat when they are sick or injured, a study says. The birth of the chimpanzee was in front of astonished visitors, says Chester Zoo. Sharing prams with ...

Eating such food, Singer found, improved infected caterpillar survival. When experiencing stomach upset, chimpanzees turn to noxious plants, such as the bitter leaf plant, to help handle any ...

Bees, sheep, and chimps are just a few of the animals known to self-medicate. Can they teach us about maintaining our own health? A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and ...