It's the stuff of nightmares, or science fiction: a parasite that wants to get inside an animal's mouth, where it attacks — and replaces — the tongue. That's the incredibly specific, terribly icky job ...

Tongue-eating louse or ‘snapper-choking isopod’ are somewhat common among certain species of fish, like Atlantic croaker (as pictured), spotted seatrout, and a few species of snapper. (Texas Parks and ...

GALVESTON, Texas — We know it is the Halloween season but talk about creepy. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shared a spooky photo with a look inside the mouth of a fish caught at Galveston Island ...

Every once in a while, nature reveals something that looks like it came straight out of a horror movie. State park workers in Texas recently revealed an image of a fish with a living parasite in its ...

It's the stuff of nightmares, or science fiction: a parasite that wants to get inside an animal's mouth, where it attacks — and replaces — the... It's the stuff of nightmares, or science fiction: a ...

GALVESTON, Texas — We know it is the Halloween season but talk about creepy. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shared a spooky photo with a look inside the mouth of a fish caught at Galveston Island ...