Scientists have spotted an orangutan using medicinal plants to tend to its own wounds. A male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus was observed by German and Indonesian scientists chewing up the leaves ...

Says animal physiologist and study co-author Andreas Nieder: “When faced with a set of three objects and asked, ‘How many?’ ...

When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him.

When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did ...

When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him.

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Researchers observed a wild orangutan in Sumatra treating a facial wound with a plant known for its healing properties, marking the first documented case of such behavior in a wild animal.

Anthropomorphism, long considered a cardinal sin among researchers, is making a slow comeback. At the start of Elizabeth ...

AN election survey that focuses on voting behavior was launched on Thursday. Pinassurvey, the initiative formed through the collaboration of Insightspedia and Kantar Media Research, aims to provide ...