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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this combination of photos provided by researchers, a wild male chimpanzee drums on a buttress tree while producing a pant-hoot ...

Scientists studying chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, Uganda, have observed that these primates don’t just treat their own injuries, but care for others, too — information which could shed light on how ...

Chimpanzees appear to consume plants with medicinal properties to treat their illnesses and injuries, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford. The findings may fast-track ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 7, 2025. Click here for that audio. Scientists studying chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest of Uganda noticed the creatures seem to be administering a ...

Primatologist Elodie Freymann arrived in Uganda’s Budongo Forest in 2021 to observe the chimpanzees there and learn more about their ability to self-medicate with healing plants. But as she flipped ...

Wildlife like chimpanzees have started consuming bat excrement — guano — in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. After analyzing samples, scientists found that the guano not only held high concentrations of ...

Click here for the original audio. A study from Uganda's Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimpanzees understand the specific medicinal properties of certain plants and will go out ...