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Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using medicinal plants - in multiple ways - to treat open wounds and other injuries. University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the Budongo Forest, filmed and recorded incidents of the animals using plants for first aid, both on themselves and occasionally on each other. Their research builds on the discovery last year that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate. The scientists also compiled decades of scientific observations to create a catalogue of the different ways in which...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: 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 our ancestors first began treating wounds and using medicines.

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests. The behaviors — which are documented in a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Evolution and Ecology on Wednesday — provide new clues about the origin of medical care in humans. The study combines historical data and about eight months of new observations, including many captured on video and in photos. It provides added evidence that our closest living...

A newly described creature from the Cambrian period is putting a bizarre twist on what we thought we knew about early animal evolution. Meet Mosura fentoni—a three-eyed, clawed, and flappy-limbed predator about the size of your finger, recently identified from Canada’s famed Burgess Shale. The alien-looking animal is part of a group called radiodonts, a now-extinct lineage of arthropods best known for Anomalocaris, a three-foot-long (one-meter-long) sea terror with spiny limbs and a circular mouth full of teeth.

Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. SPCE slipped 1.90% to $3.10 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP rising 1.61% to 19,010.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.64% to 42,140.43.

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. closed 89.01% short of its 52-week high of $28.20, which the company achieved on May 14th.

Spring is popping in the northern hemisphere and the full flower moon joined in on the seasonal celebrations on May 12. Skywatchers on the ground were treated to a glowing disk of light. NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers enjoyed the view from a different vantage point -- way up on the International Space Station. Ayers shared three images of the moon at full strength. "I'm still in awe of our view of the world and beyond," she said on X. "Today was the flower moon and it did not disappoint!" The...

Officials confirmed the first white shark of the season in the waters off Massachusetts after a dead seal with shark bite wounds washed ashore on Nantucket, the New England Aquarium said Tuesday. On Sunday, a witness off Smith’s Point in Madaket, located at the western end of the island, noticed a pool of blood in the ocean, according to officials. Directly after, a seal was seen swimming toward the beach with a shark following behind, according to the witness. The seal’s body washed ashore some time later, officials said. Pictures...