An orangutan in Indonesia that sustained a facial wound treated it himself, ... "The behavior of the Sumatran flanged male orangutan reported here appeared to be intentional," the researchers wrote.

The Little Rock Zoo has announced that their youngest male orangutan, Kota, had passed away from encephalitis.Kota had been ...

Wendy Erb has spent countless hours studying orangutans in Borneo's tropical peatland forests in order to learn how male Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) communicate. While doing so ...

The adult male orangutan then used his fingers to apply the plant juices to an injury on the right cheek. Afterward, he pressed the chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift bandage, ...

A male orangutan with a facial wound surprised scientists in Indonesia after he chewed leaves from a plant and used the resulting juice for pain relief and the chewed leaves as a topical treatment.

Staff at the Little Rock Zoo are mourning the loss of their beloved Kota, the youngest male orangutan at the zoo. LITTLE ROCK ...

The orangutan is named Rakus. Laumer says he might have picked up the large wound in a fight with a rival male. A few days later, he was seen using a plant to treat his injury.

Rudi is the oldest male orangutan in North America, according to the zoo. He's also the zoo's longest resident and they have the baby pictures to prove it. Rudi was only two months old when he ...

Item 1 of 2 Rudi Valentino, a male orangutan and one of the Houston Zoo's longtime residents, is seen during one of his last public appearances before he died on December 19 at age 45, in Houston ...

A Sumatran orangutan was seen using a medicinal plant to heal a facial wound at an Indonesian research site in a first step for non-humankind.. The male primate applied a paste made from the ...

Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented.. Rakus, a male ...

The adult male orangutan then used his fingers to apply the plant juices to an injury on his right cheek. Afterward, he pressed the chewed plant to cover the open wound like a makeshift bandage, ...