Beneath the icy waters of the Antarctic, scientists have uncovered a chilling new threat lurking in the deep. Parasitic ...

Scientists on an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have recorded horrifying videos of parasitic ...

At the heart of the Amazon, researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite which is devastating fish farms around the ...

In haunting footage captured about 1,604 feet (489 meters) under the sea, cameras captured the tubular crustaceans latched ...

At the heart of the Amazon researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite which is devastating fish farms around the world.

A recent video from the ocean’s depths has stunned even seasoned scientists — showing two parasites firmly attached to a fish’s head, looking oddly like pig tails.

Lakes where sea lamprey control efforts were most cut back during the COVID-19 pandemic had the biggest surge of the invasive species, a study found.

In their report, the authors stated that in 2006, the Zebrafish International Resource Center found 75 percent of labs that submitted fish for a diagnostic service had contamination with the parasite ...

Salmon is one of the most popular fish worldwide – but it naturally contains more than 70 parasites. And in fish farms, it’s often exposed to chemicals that can pose health risks to consumers.

No fish DNA was preserved in the lake sediments, but the authors identified DNA from fish parasites and fish prey, which they used as a proxy for the fish, enabling them to investigate their ...