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 eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. ... Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using plants to treat open wounds and tend to each other's injuries. University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the Budongo Forest ...

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 ...

Watch: Chimpanzees Administer First Aid To Each Other Using Plants The new study builds on last year's discovery, where it was found that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.

Scientists studying chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest of Uganda noticed the creatures seem to be administering a sort of first aid. Wild chimps are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal ...

Animals from primates to bees have been found to self-medicate in one form or another — and great apes are no exception. One day, plants consumed by gorillas may provide new avenues for drug ...

Chimpanzees appear to consume plants with medicinal properties to treat their ailments, according to a study led by the University of Oxford. The research goes some way to clearing up the question ...

Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to eat when they are sick or injured, a study says. ... Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants ...

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 ...

Scientists studying chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest of Uganda noticed the creatures seem to be administering a sort of first aid. Wild chimps are specifically seeking out plants with medicinal ...

There were 41 cases of care recorded, seven of which were caring for others, and 34 cases were self-care. All chimpanzees mentioned in the data recovered from their wounds, but researchers admit ...