A study -- "Eaten alive: cannibalism enhanced by parasites" -- was published in Royal Society Open Science on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. It describes how parasites can drive cannibalism in freshwater ...

Scour the salt marshes of Plum Island Estuary in Massachusetts and you're likely to spot bright orange shrimp lurking among the vegetation and detritus. That unusual hue is a sign that a shrimp has ...

NEWPORT - A mud shrimp parasite showing up in estuaries along the West Coast - including Oregon's Yaquina Bay, Alsea Bay, Siletz Bay, and Tillamook Bay n could become "the most significant ballast ...

CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov 3 (Reuters) - Wild shrimp hauls off the southern Atlantic coast have plunged in recent months as a parasite has made it harder for the creatures to breathe, according to state ...

Microsporidian parasites, such as Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei, represent a diverse group of obligate intracellular pathogens that affect a wide range of aquatic hosts from shrimp to fish. These ...

Wassaw Sound Estuary, GA.—The fall of 2013 should have been a blessing for Georgia shrimpers. A bacterial infection had wiped out the Asian shrimp farms that drove many Americans out of business.

When a fish approaches a shrimp and holds its body very still—called posing—the shrimp then wave their antennae, signaling ...