DENVER, July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Illinois identified a new fungus that could be a significant emerging pathogen of freshwater ...

More than 90% of popular freshwater fish in Southern California are carrying human-infecting parasites, researchers say. This poses a significant danger for those who like to eat freshly caught ...

IU Columbus Professor Luke Jacobus collects samples at Hindostan Falls, where he helped identify a previously unknown genus and species of freshwater fungus. Photo provided The fungus is among us in ...

Larvae of the freshwater pearl mussel can give protection against bacterial infection Glochidium larvae of the freshwater pearl mussel attach to salmon or trout gills, where they develop and grow for ...

Anglers have a chance of catching fish that may be a bit unsightly as the weather cools. Many send photos to fisheries biologists and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Facebook page this time of ...

MELROSE – Biologists say a fish kill on the Big Hole River was caused by a fungus that exists in nearly every freshwater stream. “It’s not like whirling disease or some new unknown pathogen has shown ...

A newly discovered fungus is thought to be causing a shell disease that is harming freshwater turtles, including western pond turtles in the Columbia River Gorge. “It’s always exciting to identify a ...

COURTESY TEXAS FISHERMEN have been seeing this a lot this year. Biologists say it is a common infection in fish call Columnaris. Unless it is something like largemouth bass virus that results in a ...

Photo provided IU Columbus Professor Luke Jacobus collects samples at Hindostan Falls, where he helped identify a previously unknown genus and species of freshwater fungus. Photo provided IU Columbus ...