Cartoon – A Fish Out of Water

Psychiatric medications passing through sewage treatment plants could be dramatically changing the behavior of fish. After researchers discovered low levels of common anti-anxiety drugs called benzodiazepines in perch living downstream from a treatment plant in southern Sweden, they tested the same concentrations of the drug on fish in the lab. They found that the medicine made the fish lose their […]
Read moreSecrets of supermarket meat and fish: Testing the food you buy Investigators went undercover to test the supermarket meat and fish. Their studies uncovered lots of disturbing food fraud. As it turns out, that supermarket meat and fish might not be so healthy to consume after all. Over 150 pieces of fish were tested to see if what consumers were […]
Read moreCan Best By dates be trusted on meats and fish? Do you think your local supermarket is practicing truthful Best By dates on that packaged meat, chicken, or fish? Your guess could be quite wrong!! Investigators found that almost every supermarket they researched was in some way fiddling with the Best By dates on packaged meats and fish. What they […]
Read moreAntarctica’s Crocodile Icefish Deep beneath the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean, a unique creature thrives in an environment most fish could never survive—the Crocodile Icefish (Channichthyidae). Found only in the Antarctic’s icy waters, these remarkable fish have evolved some of the most extraordinary adaptations in the animal kingdom, including antifreeze proteins and blood unlike any other vertebrate on Earth. […]
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