British marine biologist and photographer Richard Smith focuses his work on the ocean’s tiniest and weirdest creatures.
But one athlete has made headlines after claiming some people in the Olympic Village found worms in their fish. “I like my fish and people are finding worms in the fish. It’s just not good ...
Several fishermen have stopped setting out to sea for their daily haul of fish in the past couple of days, after they found worms wriggling out of bodies of the fish they caught with their fibre nets.
Metazoan parasites, including various types of worms and flatworms, are common in freshwater fish species and can significantly impact fish health and aquaculture. Recent research has focused on ...
A University of Washington researcher has found that infestations of two parasitic worms in fish have increased substantially in recent decades. The marine-parasite researcher, Chelsea Wood ...
Monogenean parasites are a significant concern in aquaculture, particularly affecting fish species raised for food. These parasites, which primarily attach to the skin and gills of fish ...
After an apparent population explosion of the invasive “crazy worms” in 2023, Mainers reported far fewer of them last year.
More recently, the object of his fascination has turned to parasites. It’s the stuff of horror films: Smith recalls one that lives in the nostril of a crocodile fish. Another attacks the ...
There is the Banggai cardinal fish, found only in Indonesia, which keeps its eggs and newly hatched babies in its mouth for two weeks. Then, there are gruesome parasites, his latest obsession. “I’ve ...
Here's what it looks like when the louse replaces a fish's tongue. While other parasites may seem like they could be doing something similar, they don’t quite cross the line into full organ ...