Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter ...

The animals we best know as fish food help to store millions of tons of carbon in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

The Parasite’s Grasp. The parasites, which appear almost like pigtails due to their egg sacs, are part of a group called mesoparasites.These copepods are embedded in the fish’s skin, feeding ...

Behold, the latest in deep-sea fashion: An unfortunate fish sporting parasitic copepods as pigtails. An international team of scientists affiliated with the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Woods ...

Whenever new fish are taken into marine aquaculture, sea lice are sure to follow. These parasitic copepods pose a major health hazard for finfish aquaculture globally, causing substantial economic ...

Copepods represent a pivotal component in aquaculture and larviculture, serving as an essential live feed that bridges the nutritional gap in early fish larval development.

A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

If you're a fishing enthusiast, you may have already noticed abnormalities or parasites in the wild fish you catch. In fact, the fish we commonly find in our lakes, such as bass or trout, harbor ...

Creating new scientific models of plankton is "critical" to understanding the scale of global climate change, a new paper ...

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — They’ve tried blasting them with pesticides, draining the swamps they breed in, infecting them with bacteria, and even employing fish to eat them, but the latest weapon ...

See the microscopic universe that lives in a single drop of water. Driven by what he calls an “insane passion,” Angel Fitor photographs the minuscule organisms that dwell in the Mediterranean Sea.