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 ...

Researchers described biofluorescence in 37 of the 45 known species of birds-of-paradise, found only in remote tropical forests and woodland habitats of Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and ...

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 ...

Exceptional intelligence Grey parrots are among the most intelligent birds. They are capable of problem-solving and understanding human language.

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Dear Abby advises a woman on how to help her husband's social media addiction. guruXOX - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have very different approaches to social media; He’s all in ...