See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have spotted an orangutan using medicinal plants to tend to ...

In primates, the biggest, bossiest males usually get to father the most offspring; and for a long time it was thought that this rule applied to orangutans too. Male orangutans openly compete; and it's ...

An orangutan in a protected Indonesian rainforest site who sustained a facial wound treated the injury himself, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports earlier this month. The ...

WASHINGTON — 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, ...

Orangutans may use specific plants for benefits beyond ordinary nutrition. For centuries, humans have relied on the medicinal properties of plants. Now, growing evidence suggests we may not be the ...

When male Sumatran orangutans let out a long call, they’re usually trying to grab female attention. But the sounds — a booming blend of roars and grunts — can end up attracting unwanted attention from ...

Taxonomy, geographic variation, and population genetics of Bornean and Sumatran orangutans / Benoît Goossens ... [et al.] -- The functional significance of variation in jaw form in orangutans / Andrea ...

Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how detrimental this can be to our health and happiness. Researchers from the Max ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As our closest non-human relatives, primates remain some of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. And they continue to ...

Rakus the orangutan seems to have a surprisingly decent grasp on first-aid. He lives in Gunung Leuser National Park in South Aceh, Indonesia, where scientists from the Institute of Animal Behavior ...

Source: Safruddin, Armas, Ulil Azhari, Adami, used with permission. The wild Sumatran orangutans of the Suaq Balimbing research area in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, have been the subjects ...