Photo: Discover Magazine Wild Chimpanzees WILD chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. They described their ...

Chimpanzees are not the only species that engage in self-care using natural remedies. Several animals have been observed using plants and minerals to treat ailments.

Chimpanzees Seen Treating Wounds with Medicinal Plants in Uganda Forest (Image: Canva) In Uganda's Budongo Forest, the soft rustling of leaves speaks volumes.

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 ...

Wild chimpanzees seen giving ‘first aid’ to each other with medicinal plants Footage shows chimpanzees using leaves with antibacterial properties to dab on open wounds Rebecca Whittaker ...

In Waibira, five chimpanzees were injured - one female by a snare, and four males in fights. There were 41 cases of care recorded, seven of which were caring for others, and 34 cases were self-care.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Primatologist Elodie Freymann arrived in Uganda’s Budongo Forest in 2021 to observe the chimpanzees there and learn more about their ability to self-medicate with healing plants. But as she ...