Cocaine was detected in sharks in Brazil, and no, this is not the plot of a movie. Researchers at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute ...

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

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 ...

Researchers have discovered that sharks off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, leading to wild theories about how the drug entered their systems. Thirteen sharpnose sharks were ...

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.

Brazilian sharpnose sharks swimming in South America's coastal waters have been found to have significant levels of cocaine and its metabolites in their system, according to a team of researchers ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...