Expose crayfish to antidepressants, and they become more outgoing -- but that might not be such a positive thing for these freshwater crustaceans, according to a new study. Antidepressants can help ...

Due to low levels of antidepressant medications entering bodies of water, researchers found that crayfish behaviors are changing. According to a new study from the University of Florida, crayfish ...

Pharmaceutical pollution is found in streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on animals and ecosystems. A new study, published in the journal Ecosphere, investigated the ...

At a University of Florida lab, crayfish are going wild. In a video published by University of Florida-led researchers, the small crustacean boldly scampers around a plexiglass chamber, searching for ...

Crayfish were placed in these simulated streambeds. Some were in water with anti-depressants and some were not. There were differences in behavior. Millbrook Are crayfish on antidepressants about to ...

Wastewater is a grab bag of chemicals. There’s industrial run-off, bits of animal and viral DNA, and then there are compounds that trickle out from our households. The medicines we’re flushing down ...

June 15 (UPI) --When exposed to antidepressants, crayfish are less inhibited, emerging more readily from hiding to hunt for food. This bold behavior, observed in lab tests at the University of Florida ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Crayfish on antidepressants act a bit bizarre, leaving their hiding places and boldly going where crayfish don't normally go, scientists have found. A new study led by the ...

Sophia Gambale ’22 gives a tour of the Center for Wildlife Forensic Research and discusses crayfish with visiting students. In the spring of 2021, Sophia Gambale ’22 reached out me to see if she could ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Limnology and Oceanography (L&O;) publishes research articles, reviews, and comments about all aspects of limnology and oceanography. The journal’s ...

Arthropods, including insects, spiders, and crustaceans, are covered by a hard exoskeleton that protects their soft innards and helps them get around. Molting, or shedding this shell, is necessary for ...

Antidepressants can help humans emerge from the darkness of depression. Expose crayfish to antidepressants, and they too become more outgoing -- but that might not be such a positive thing for these ...