You've cleaned a fish and found “something” inside its mouth—. Some of you may have heard stories like that. In this video, we have compiled an introduction to the “Cymothoidae” we have discovered ...

Parasitic isopods represent a highly specialised group of crustaceans that colonise marine fish hosts, exerting multifaceted influences on physiology, behaviour and population dynamics. These ...

Berhampur: Researchers of Berhampur University, in collaboration with scientists from Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), have discovered a new species of marine parasitic isopod in the coastal areas of ...

Researchers of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Berhampur University, Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, have discovered a new species of fish parasitic isopod (Lobothorax bharat) from the ...

A post on social media showing a parasite entering a fish through its gills, eating its tongue, and then replacing it has stunned viewers online. The tongue-eating louse, known as Cymothoa exigua, it ...

The parasite enters the fish through its gills and then severs the blood vessels in the fish's tongue which causes the tongue to fall off The parasite then attaches itself to the remaining section of ...

A celebration of how alien yet relatable so many of the creatures that live among us can be. Bruce Elder shares with us his extensive knowledge, insights, and hot tips for every Australian town in ...

The Afternoons programme’s Critter of the Week last Friday featured the tongue louse (Cymothoidae species), but it’s surprisingly been suggested it may be an unrecorded new species. The parasite is ...

This week's critter is one of nature's weirdest creatures. The tongue louse (Cymothoidae species) makes its forever home inside the mouth of a hapless host fish, cutting off the tongue and replacing ...