In the world's waterways, fish are confronted with endless challenges. For example, they have to defend themselves from predators, evade capture, compete with others for food, deal with the impact of ...

Fish fail to detect danger in copper-polluted water. A new study shows that fish cannot smell a danger odor signal emitted by other fish in waters contaminated with copper. Fish fail to detect danger ...

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Many of the most effective human medicines and therapies have had their origin in nature. Myriam Cotten says there’s a good reason for researchers to look to flora and fauna when seeking new therapies ...

There’s a traditional bowl in Korea that locals say makes food safer. And they might be right. The bowl is made of almost 80 percent copper. Copper ions can escape into the food. That’s a good thing, ...