Scientists have found traces of cocaine in wild sharks off the coast of Brazil, in a discovery that highlights the risks to ...

Though past research has detected cocaine in an array of smaller ocean species, like mollusks and crustaceans, the amount seen in the sharks was 100 times higher than that found in previous ...

Researchers at the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) found traces of cocaine in 13 sharks of the species Rhizoprionodon lalandii, popularly known as tubarão-bico-fino ...

Female sharks had a higher concentration of cocaine in their organs compared to their male counterparts. This is reportedly the first time the drug has been found in free-range sharks, and the ...

This week, scientists revealed that sharks high on cocaine had been found off the coast of Brazil. And from the lemurs who chew on toxic millipede secretions to the dolphins that enjoy taking ...

It’s the first time this data has ever been found for any top predator." This study is the first to report the presence of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in free-ranging sharks, suggesting that ...

Cocaine and benzoylecgonine were detected in the sharks' muscles and livers. The cocaine concentrations found in the sharks were roughly three times as high as the benzoylecgonine concentrations.

The threatened species is most often found in the area’s coastal waters ... although experts now possess concrete proof of sharks ingesting cocaine, they have yet to study how its chemistry ...

Marine biologists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks, taken from the shores near Rio de Janeiro, and found high levels of cocaine in their muscles and livers. Experts reckon cocaine is polluting ...

But while many of these packages may be stopped before they do any damage, there are still risks of environmental concerns — namely, “cocaine sharks.” During Discovery’s Shark Week last ...

and they all had high levels of the drug in their muscles and livers – sometimes as much as 100 times found previously in other sharks. They are exposed to cocaine through pollution, although ...