Learn how African elephants treat their ailments with plants and other natural materials, showing the significance of self-medication in the animal kingdom.

A new study taps into local knowledge to identify dozens of medicinal plants used elephants in the Mount Elgon region of ...

African elephants’ have been found to be canny users of plants favored in traditional medicine, many of which have been ...

Wild African elephants living in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya appear to seek out specific plants when unwell. Local ...

Wild African elephants in Kenya may know which plants to seek out when they feel sick — and mothers may even prepare plant medicine for their calves, according to a new study shaped by Indigenous ...