The chimpanzee was sick. It had diarrhea and tapeworms – not unusual for a wild chimpanzee in the Budongo Forest of Uganda. What intrigued the watching research team was what the ape did about it. Soon after its symptoms developed, the male traveled with two others away from the community’s home to a site in […]
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Chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to treat ailments, study finds
London — Chimpanzees in the wild use medicinal plants to treat their injuries or illnesses, according to a study from the University of Oxford that researchers say is the most in-depth analysis to date. Scientists monitored 51 chimpanzees from two communities in Uganda’s Budongo Central Forest Reserve to see how they behaved when they were healthy […]
Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants
Wild chimpanzees eat plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves, according to scientists. They described their “detective work” in the forests of Uganda – observing animals that appeared injured or sick to work out whether they were self-medicating with plants. When an injured animal sought out something specific from the forest to […]
No plan in the works to relocate Alamogordo chimpanzees, federal agency says
Apr. 22—The Alamogordo chimps may not be moving after all. Animal rights activists have fought for years to force the National Institutes of Health to allow a colony of former biomedical test subject chimpanzees from the Alamogordo Primate Facility at Holloman Air Force Base to retire to a sanctuary in northern Louisiana. Animal Protection New […]