In a paper published today, scientists argue that plenty of animals are regularly consuming and using alcohol, though many questions about the practice still remain. Reading time 3 minutes Getting ...

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Source: Julia Casorso, used with permission. Anecdotes from around the world describe wild animals—everything from wasps to songbirds to baboons—acting drunk after feeding on fermented fruits. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First-of-its-kind measurements have revealed the ethanol content in the fruits consumed by chimpanzees in their natural African ...

Scripps Research scientists have found that LY2444296 - a compound that selectively blocks the kappa opioid receptor (KOP) - may reduce drinking in cases of alcohol dependence in animal studies. The ...

Humans know a thing or two about drinking alcohol, but accounts of animals turning to booze have often been discounted as accidental, unnatural or rare. Researchers now argue in a new study that ...

Humans may not be the only animals that ingest alcohol, research is suggesting. Studies on animals are showing they may be eating natural ethanol for its medicinal or nutritional properties. Humans ...

In 2007, Anchorage Daily News reported a goofy looking moose tangled up in Christmas lights. A local biologist guessed that the animal had eaten too many fermented crab apples from a nearby tree and ...

Animals are attracted to fruits derived from the production of alcoholic beverages due to their high caloric value. Now his story is recalled by Dariusz Dziektarz, a forester and populariser of ...