A new study has determined that Atlantic salmon are swimming faster as they migrate to the sea, but why? Learn the shocking ...

Pharmaceutical pollution in waterways is changing animal behavior. Exposure to an antianxiety drug is affecting migrating ...

A benzodiazepine seeping into waterways is causing young Atlantic salmon to behave strangely, with fish in the wild migrating ...

Pharmaceutical pollution is rampant across the United States, which has created some of the fastest and most carefree salmon ...

A recent study in Sweden's Dal River reveals that pharmaceutical pollution, specifically anti-anxiety medication, surprisingly boosts Atlantic salmon migration. While the drug makes them bolder ...

Every spring, juvenile Atlantic salmon leave their freshwater homes and begin a perilous journey to the sea – dodging predators, navigating dams and relying on finely tuned instincts to survive. But ...

Some Atlantic salmon recently got an unexpected edge ... consequences,” such as making salmon easier targets for predators, said Jack Brand, researcher at Swedish University of Agricultural ...

Clobazam, a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety, has been found to affect Atlantic salmon in ... increase their vulnerability to predators. More of the salmon affected by the anti-anxiety drug ...

Prior research showed that benzodiazepines could alter behavior in Atlantic salmon ... times in the life of a salmon because they experience many new predators in the ocean,” he said.