Parasites are the most interesting stuff that nobody knows about.” Belk and colleagues took students out to help catch and evaluate fish in Lake Powell in April 2013 and 2015.

The seas are rough in Antarctica, where the scientists start fishing at midnight. Water washes over the deck as the ship rocks back and forth. In storms like this, the first mate tells the crew to ...

Antarctic fish have been discovered by researchers to have ugly parasitic tumors all over their bodies, potentially as a result of warming ocean temperatures. U.S. World ...

The parasite responsible for malaria is transmitted to people through mosquito bites. It spends some of its lifecycle first in the liver, where it reproduces, and then it moves into the blood.

An unexpected find in an Antarctic fishing expedition has given researchers a new lens into the science of global climate change. What weird new parasites on Antarctic fish tell us about climate ...