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 ...

A study in June by Elodie Freymann and colleagues collected plant extracts from 13 species of trees and herbs in Uganda’s Budongo Central Forest Reserve that they observed chimpanzees eating but ...

Chimpanzees, like humans, have opposable thumbs. They may utilize these to climb, consume, and make tools out of branches and ...