Canned salmon, long thought to be just a pantry staple, has unexpectedly become a valuable archive of Alaskan marine ecology. A recent study examined expired cans of salmon dating back to the 1970s, ...

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 ...

Schmidt Ocean Institute video screengrab A bizarre South Atlantic fish wearing what appeared to be a big floppy hat was actually being fed on by two large parasites, marine researchers say.

While the idea of worms in your canned fish is a bit stomach-turning, these roughly 0.4-inch (1-centimeter) long marine ...

Parasites are my passion and main topic of research in the Marine Disease Ecology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Otters can get zoonotic parasites like worms from the ...

Since joining the Smithsonian in 2011, she’s written stories about endangered orchids, marine parasites and a “wetland of the future” that mimics the world of 2100. (Photo courtesy of ...

A novel species of parasitic isopod, active in the buccal cavity (mouth space) of marine fishes, has been identified in the Bay of Bengal by researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).