More than 90% of popular freshwater fish in Southern California are carrying human-infecting parasites, researchers say. This poses a significant danger for those who like to eat freshly caught ...

Using genome reconstruction, scientists unveiled a once 'invisible' fish parasite present in many marine fish world-wide that belongs to the apicomplexans, one of the most important groups of ...

Scientists in the Czech Republic have described the first domestic case of infection with a parasite. Diphyllobothriasis (dibothriocephalosis) is caused by the human broad tapeworm Dibothriocephalus ...

The study of metazoan parasite communities in marine fish provides critical insights into the intricate relationships between hosts and their associated parasites, which in turn reflect broader ...

Sea lamprey can kill freshwater fish. Great Lakes Fish Commison Have you ever seen black spots on the skin of a trout? Or small worms burrowed in the fillets of your crappie? How about a bass that has ...

The seas are rough in Antarctica, where the scientists start fishing at midnight. Water washes over the deck as the ship rocks back and forth. In storms like this, the first mate tells the crew to ...