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Orangutan is first wild animal seen treating injury with medicinal plant, scientists say
Axios· 3 hours agoA wild orangutan was seen rubbing the mash of a medicinal plant in his wound, scientists reported...
In a first, an orangutan was seen treating his wound with a medicinal plant
NBC News via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoA wounded orangutan was seen self-medicating with a plant known to relieve pain. It's the first time...
Orangutan Seen Emulating This Human-Like Behavior for First Time
Men's Journal· 4 hours agoScientists have observed an orangutan applying medicinal herbs to a face wound in an apparently...
Indonesia volcano eruption shuts more airports, ash reaches Malaysia
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEruptions at a remote Indonesian volcano forced more than half a dozen airports to close with ash...
Orangutan, Heal Thyself
New York Times· 13 hours agoScientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound in a forest reserve in Indonesia. It...
New orangutan behavior observed for the first time
Newsweek· 13 hours agoScientists have spotted an orangutan using medicinal plants to tend to its own wounds. A male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus was observed by German and...
The best countries to travel to in Southeast Asia
The Independent via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoWith so many islands, it’s no surprise that the archipelago contains some of the region’s most attractive areas. Bali in particular is a tourism hotspot,...
Orangutan Seen in Historic First for Wild Animal
The Daily Beast· 5 hours agoResearchers observed a male Sumatran orangutan using medicinal herbs to treat a wound on its face in a new scientific report released on Thursday,...
'Orangutan, heal thyself': First wild animal seen using medicinal plant
Nature· 1 day agoThe Sumatran orangutan used a plant known to humans for its medicinal qualities.
Deforestation in Indonesia spiked last year, but resources analyst sees better overall trend
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoFrom trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and...
