Traditional Knowledge has supported health and well-being practices for thousands of years using medicinal plants and ...

With their bright eyes and prominent beards and mustaches, it’s easy to see how orangutans got their name; “orang” is Malay for person, while “hutan” means forest. Their similarity to humans doesn’t ...

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.

Medicinal plants bridging tradition and science From ancient rituals to cutting-edge labs, medicinal plants are proving their worth in both cultural traditions and modern science. Researchers are ...

Marlene MinopetrosA HARDY medicinal plant that grows naturally in parts of the Northern Cape and has been used in traditional healing for generations is attracting the attention of researchers who ...

For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal properties. By Douglas Main Scientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing ...

Chimpanzees appear to consume plants with medicinal properties to treat their ailments, according to a new study. Chimpanzees appear to consume plants with medicinal properties to treat their ailments ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported ...