Sharks off the coast of the Bahamas are ingesting cocaine, painkillers, and caffeine, according to a recent study conducted ...

The crystal-clear blue waters of the Bahamas, a paradise for tourists, are also home to sharks — and a new study suggests these sharks are being exposed to drugs. Researchers in Brazil and Chile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest scientific research regarding drug testing of wildlife turned up a doozy, but shamefully far from a first: Sharks ...

The researchers said this is the first report of caffeine and acetaminophen in any shark species worldwide, and the first report of diclofenac and cocaine in sharks from The Bahamas ...

Sharks in waters around the Bahamas have tested positive for cocaine, caffeine and a slew of pharmaceutical drugs, according to a study published in the May 2026 issue of Environmental Pollution.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All of the year's shark-related news resurfaces during Shark Week every summer, but scientists couldn't wait until then to reveal ...

Sharks swimming in the Caribbean are fueled by a cocktail of drugs dumped into the water by human pollution. Researchers have discovered that sharks in the Bahamas are testing positive for substances ...

As if the news hasn’t been stressful enough, a new study has found sharks in the Bahamas are high on cocaine. Okay, maybe not that extreme… but cocaine sharks are back. A few years ago, scientists in ...