Allison Little, a middle school assistant principal from Anchorage, has been fishing on the Kasilof River her entire adult life, so she’s used to seeing wormy parasites coiled up in fish on occasion.

The Filet-O-Fish is made with wild-caught Alaska pollock. And it is this fact that leads to a potentially unappetizing ...

In Southern California, a quiet but widespread public health risk has taken root in the region’s freshwater fishing spots. Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego recently ...

Anisakiasis is a parasitic infection where worms attach to parts of the gastrointestinal tract. It occurs when a person ingests raw or undercooked seafood. Anisakid nematodes are a type of roundworm ...

Hammerhead worms are turning up all over Washington, DC and northern Virginia, the Washington Post reported. The worms carry the same toxins as puffer fish though a single worm probably couldn't kill ...