Lead is a toxic metal that negatively affects body systems of people and animals, with the nervous system being particularly sensitive. Although elevated levels of dietary lead are potentially damaging to animal health, lead ...
Veterinary medicine
May 2, 2023
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Three years into a five-year pledge to completely phase out lead shot in UK game hunting, a Cambridge study finds that 94% of pheasants on sale for human consumption were killed using lead.
Environment
Feb 27, 2023
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Pheasants are most likely to be killed by predators on unfamiliar ground, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2023
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A September expedition to Papua New Guinea confirmed via video the existence of the black-naped pheasant pigeon, a critically endangered species that has not been reported for 140 years.
Plants & Animals
Nov 18, 2022
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Eating pheasant killed using lead shot is likely to expose consumers to raised levels of lead in their diet, even if the meat is carefully prepared to remove the shotgun pellets and the most damaged tissue.
Ecology
Aug 22, 2022
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Pheasants' heads cool rapidly as they prepare to fight—then heat up afterwards, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2022
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Pheasants fall into two groups in terms of how they find their way around—and the different types prefer slightly different habitats, new research shows.
Ecology
Feb 25, 2021
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Nearly a millennium and a half ago, red light streaked across the night sky over Japan. Witnesses compared it to the tail of a pheasant—it appeared as a fan of beautiful red feathers stretched across the sky. Since the ...
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2020
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Pheasants that more strongly favoured one foot over the other die younger than those that don't, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2018
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Chickens' motives for crossing the road are often questioned - but pheasants should probably avoid it altogether, new research suggests. Researchers from the universities of Exeter and Cardiff compared roadkill figures from ...
Ecology
Oct 3, 2017
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