A common, tiny tropical fish plays a key role in a new model for Cushing disease, giving researchers a powerful tool to conduct extensive searches for effective treatments for this serious hormonal ...

Gas bubble disease in fish occurs when water is supersaturated with dissolved gas, leading fish to absorb these gases and develop bubbles within their bodies. The excess gas absorbed by the fish forms ...

The disease, called melioidosis, is usually seen only in tropical areas outside of the U.S. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

Tropical diseases like dengue fever sound as if they belong in faraway places. But in the past several years, some have begun showing up in the continental U.S. Now in Key West, Fla., public health ...

There are about 250 known human emerging infectious diseases, which are those that have recently appeared within a human population or those with an incidence rate or geographic range that is rapidly ...

As the popularity of marine aquariums rises, so does the demand for wildlife inhabiting them. Most aquarium fish are harvested from their natural habitats -- primarily coral reefs -- and imported into ...