Swans living in the area have developed a dangerous addiction to opium-rich poppy plants. White poppy field in Slovakia ... Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mute swans (Cygnus olor) are ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — In the face of the alarming number of opioid-related deaths in the U.S., there have been national efforts to increase emergency clinician prescribing of buprenorphine, a ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based on specimens collected since the 1800s, finds ...

How noise complaints in a Manhattan co-op led to a $750,000 legal settlement and shattered a friendship. Credit...Oliver Farshi for The New York Times Supported by By David Segal Long before the ...

A Quaker parrot can live up to 20-30 years. Quaker parrots can live up to 20-30 years. The oldest confirmed individual lived to be 22 years old. However, there are unconfirmed reports of captive ...

A Second Opium War in 1856, involving France, led to the legalization of opium. This flood of imports into the Chinese market caused a surge in addiction. It also gave rise to a “refined culture ...

Grey parrots can solve puzzles, understand concepts, and even perform basic reasoning, making them one of the smartest bird species. Grey parrots form strong emotional bonds with their owners and ...

SADDLE BROOK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police say they are searching for a man who stole a parrot from a bird store in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, last week. Video showed the parrot being taken after ...

Dear Abby advises a mother whose daughter has been battling a drug addiction for 20 years. KMPZZZ - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: I am a healthy older woman living alone in a building for seniors.

Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs never went extinct. They’re still alive among us – in the form of birds! Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the cataclysmic mass extinction caused ...

Psychological Tricks to Make Him Addicted to You. If you're aiming to make a man fall in love and ensure he's irresistibly drawn to you, try these tips to have him wrapped around your finger.