Like something straight out of science fiction, a flatworm burrows into a fish and makes its way into the eye of the victim, where it then takes control of the unfortunate host. But depending on the ...

University of Guelph provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Guelph provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Biologists study the social behaviour ...

Tropical parrotfish create mucous cocoons to protect themselves against blood-sucking aquatic parasites. A BRIGHTLY COLOURED species of fish popular with scuba divers have been found to perform a neat ...

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego discovered that a snail species carrying human-infecting flatworms known as trematodes is widespread in California. The scientists ...

“Help, my fish has white spots!” – This is a phrase almost every aquarist has likely uttered. The white spot disease is one of the most well-known and dangerous fish diseases. It is caused by the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Nearly all freshwater game fish at popular recreational fishing areas in Southern California have been exposed to invasive parasites with the ability to infect humans, a new ...

It all begins with a flicker of movement as a crayfish scuttles across the riverbed. A smallmouth bass spies the commotion and swims down, thinking it can snag an easy lunch. Then something strange ...

Certain types of tapeworm make sticklebacks behave carelessly and thus become easier prey for birds. A team of biologists have now demonstrated for the first time that the tapeworm not only influences ...

A treatment meant to eradicate a parasite ended up killing hundreds of fish at a Texas aquarium. The Texas State Aquarium, located in Corpus Christi, said this week that nearly 400 fish had a deadly ...

(Reuters) - Up to 100 fish died at an aquarium in Texas that houses stingrays, barracuda and sharks after their tanks were treated with a compound designed to kill a parasite infestation, officials ...