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Fentanyl is taking over as the main drug pollutant in America’s waterways. 20 years ago people in America spent more money on illegal drugs than on new cars, just barely. Now they do by a factor of two or three. Shows you how apathetic the country has got. When all those tens of trillions in free Covid welfare checks runs out, maybe things will improve, but highly unlikely. Rand Corp. estimates about 150 billion a year is spent on illegal drugs in the USA, with 30 billion at least going to Meth. However, their figures are way off, it’s likely many times that number. Rand needs to stick to...

 E-Mail Human pollution is often evident from oil slicks and plastic drifting on shore, but many of the drugs that we consume also end up washing out into our water and current effluent treatment isn't equipped to deal with them. Drugs such as fluoxetine - also known as Prozac - creeping into our waterways can embolden fish and alter their behaviour, but pharmaceutical pollution doesn't end with prescribed medication. Illegal drugs, such as methamphetamine, can also accumulate in our waterways. 'Whether illicit drugs alter fish behaviour at levels increasingly observed in surface water bodie...

Apr 08, 2021 08:55 PM EDT An international team of scientists has studied individual differences in red deer behavior. They discovered that most behaviors observed form a component of personality, which they labeled 'Confidence/Aggressiveness'. (Photo : Getty Images) Consistent Differences in Behavior  As is commonly known, individual people act consistently different from one another and these types of consistent differences in behavior are known as personality. Studies on species apart from humans, from insects to elephants, have discovered that personalities are naturally widespread. The ...

Do kangaroos really drown predators and do dogs really poo facing north? We bust more animal 'myths' By environment reporter Nick Kilvert © Provided by ABC NEWS Kangaroos will often retreat to water when being pursued. (ABC Open: Brett Dolsen) Millions of years of isolation on a continent of extremes has seen Australia evolve some pretty freaky animals. We've got kangaroos that live in trees, sex-crazed antechinus and snakes capable of delivering enough venom to kill dozens of humans with a single bite. There are a lot of tall tales when it comes to our fantastical fa...

Credit: University of Turku An international team of researchers has studied individual differences in the behaviour of red deer. They found that several observed behaviours form a personality component, which they labelled "Confidence/Aggressiveness". As is commonly known, individual people behave consistently different from each other and these kinds of consistent differences in behaviour are called personality. Studies on species other than humans, from insects to elephants, have found that personalities are widespread in nature. The team consists of researchers from the Czech University o...