A wild orangutan was seen treating a wound with a plant known for its medicinal qualities, marking the first such observation in a wild animal. Although there are documented cases of animals self-medicating, until now, there had been no known instances of animals using medicinal plants to treat the
JAKARTA Orangutans in Borneo have been found to physically waste away when fruit is scarce a finding with dire implications as human-driven climate change and the destruction of their habitat put their food supply under even greater threat. In a study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers collected and analyzed urine […]
Social learning in orangutans is shaped by their sex. Young males learn their foraging behavior from unrelated members of the group, while young females.