Larvae of the freshwater pearl mussel can give protection against bacterial infection Glochidium larvae of the freshwater pearl mussel attach to salmon or trout gills, where they develop and grow for ...

Kumeyaay Lake at Mission Trails Regional Park. (File photo by Luis Monteagudo Jr.) A UC San Diego study published Tuesday found that more than 90% of freshwater game fish in Southern California had ...

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 ...

Leeches might seem like relics of a bygone age of medicine, but they haven’t outlived their usefulness to people yet. The freshwater leech Helobdella austinensis can eat its weight in snails every day ...

Piranhas, known for their sharp teeth and powerful jaws, are efficient hunters in South American freshwater ecosystems. They exhibit complex social behaviour, hunting in schools and using advanced ...

Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä found brown trout better survived a Flavobacterium disease outbreak if the fish had larvae of freshwater pearl mussel in their gills. In another study, ...