An engineered gut microbe can detoxify methylmercury, reducing the amount that passes into the brain and developing fetuses ...

IF the thought of having worms inside you makes you squirm, it’s time to follow some simple rules. That’s because roundworms, ...

Lauded for its body and mind benefits, it is one of the most consumed fish in the world, but a new health study questions its safety.

Surprising footage reveals parasites attached to the head of a deep-sea fish. These crustaceans, visible in a video shared by ...

Researchers in the Amazon have discovered new genetic mechanisms in fish parasites that could lead to vaccines, potentially ...

Filmed by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, the video reveals a deep-sea rattail fish with two parasites clinging to either side ...

or head-end of their body is embedded in the fish. Many copepod parasites have multiple stages in their life cycle and ...

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

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, reveals that pyrvinium pamoate—a drug approved in the 1950s to ...

Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including: bony fish, Osteichthyes; cartilaginous fish, Chondrichthyes; and jawless fish, Agnatha. The discipline can include the ...

A new study suggests that the parasite medication, Pyrvinium pamoate, could help treat a rare type of skin cancer. According to the Mayo Clinic, Merkel Cell Carcinoma eludes researchers in that it’s ...

Interviews with the patient revealed that he commonly ate raw fish from a lake near his home ... Human infection with giant kidney worm is rare with the parasite more commonly found in carnivorous ...