Pollution From Anxiety Medications Influences Salmon Behaviors, Study Finds

Pollution From Anxiety Medications Influences Salmon Behaviors, Study Finds

In a new study, researchers have confirmed that pharmaceutical pollutants are influencing how Atlantic salmon behave. The study, published in the journal Science, revealed that migrating salmon exposed to a type of psychoactive medicine under the benzodiazepine class caused the fish to be more bold and take more risks during migration. Although this led to […]

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‘No One Voted to Slaughter Hummingbirds’: Trump’s DOI Guts Bird Protections, Again

‘No One Voted to Slaughter Hummingbirds’: Trump’s DOI Guts Bird Protections, Again

The Trump administration moved on Friday to weaken protections for migratory birds threatened by industrial activities, including oil and gas operations. Acting Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Gregory Zerzan restored an opinion from the first Trump administration that the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) “does not apply to the accidental or […]

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Billionaire to Sell Rembrandt Drawing to Help Big Cats Conservation

Billionaire to Sell Rembrandt Drawing to Help Big Cats Conservation

A rare Rembrandt drawing could soon break auction records—and it’s all for a good cause. According to The Art Newspaper, billionaire art collector Thomas Kaplan plans to sell Young Lion Resting (1638–42) to raise funds for wildlife Conservation. The drawing, now on display at Amsterdam’s H’ART Museum, shows a lion calmly reclining, likely sketched from […]

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