Surreal to have a piece in BBC News about our research! Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants bbc.in/3RD3TvD

Chimpanzees ‘self-medicate’ with healing plants

Wild chimpanzees seek out medicinal plants to eat when they are sick or injured, a study says.

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🚨New paper out today on bark feeding behaviors in chimpanzees and the possible medicinal value of this behavior ✨ 🐵 🌳 💊 link.springer.com/article/10.1... More info below:

The Adaptive Role of Bark in the Diet of Budongo Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) - International Journal of Primatology

The ingestion of bark has been observed across the animal kingdom and is well documented in free-ranging chimpanzees. Thus far, the best-supported hypothesis for the adaptive function of this behavior...

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NEW PAPER OUT🙉🦠🌱! In our new study in PLOSONE, we combined behavioral observations with pharmacological testing to highlight several plant species as suspect medicinal resources for the wild chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest. doi.org/10.1371/jour... More below:

Pharmacological and behavioral investigation of putative self-medicative plants in Budongo chimpanzee diets

Wild chimpanzees consume a variety of plants to meet their dietary needs and maintain wellbeing. While some plants have obvious value, others are nutritionally poor and/or contain bioactive toxins whi...

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It was an absolute honor getting to present my research alongside so many brilliant scientists at The Explorers Club annual meeting in NYC. Thanks for having me!

🚨💫It's happening! The Perspectives Collective Journal is a multi-media platform, where field staff can share expertise and insights on the natural world! Check out our website, and keep an eye out for some new material 👀 perspectivescollectivejournal.com

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Our new journal, Perspectives, has launched Volume II! Run by the amazing field staff at Budongo Conservation Field Station, Perspectives aims to provide a venue for the voice of local knowledge to be heard 👊 Check it out 🦋 www.perspectivescollectivejournal.com

🚨New paper🚨 In this study we present two new methods for evaluating non-random food combinations in primate diets🐒🫒 doi.org/10.1002/ajp.... Huge thanks to my many amazing collaborators and the incredible Budongo field staff!

Applying collocation and APRIORI analyses to chimpanzee diets: Methods for investigating nonrandom food combinations in primate self‐medication

Our paper presents two effective methodological tools for investigating nonrandom food combinations in nonhuman primate diets: Multiple distinctive collocation analysis and the APRIORI algorithm. Thi...

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