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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

After an apparent population explosion of the invasive “crazy worms” in 2023, Mainers reported far fewer of them last year.

Cichlid fish, particularly those found in the East African Great Lakes, are known for their remarkable diversity and evolutionary adaptations. This diversity extends to their parasites ...

The worm was invented out of necessity and because of a magazine story on opportunities for the future that included realistic artificial fishing worms. Digging earthworms from the frozen ground ...

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 ...