Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, is seen on Aug. 25, 2022. The photo was taken after he used medicinal plants to treat a facial wound, which was ...

Named Rakus, the Sumatran orangutan living in Indonesia’s Gunung Leuser National Park sustained an injury that caused an open wound on his right cheek sometime in June 2022.

This photo provided by the Suaq foundation shows Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, on Aug. 25, 2022, after his facial wound was barely visible. Two ...

This handout photo released by SUAQ Foundation on June 23, 2022, shows Rakus, a male orangutan with a facial wound, at Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Researchers say an orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant. ... Scientists have been observing orangutans in Indonesia's Gunung Leuser National Park since 1994, ...

A Sumatran orangutan was seen using a medicinal plant to heal a facial wound at an Indonesian research site in a first step for non-humankind.. The male primate applied a paste made from the ...

Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan who lives in Gunung Leuser National Park in Indonesia, suffered an injury below his eye in June 2022, left.

The male orangutan, Rakus, lives in the Gunung Leuser National Park on the island of Sumatra and is thought to be around 35 years old.

Leuser rainforest: Baby orangutans rescued from Indonesia's pet trade Close. Baby orangutans on the island of Sumatra are being captured and sold as pets, ...