Scientists have discovered a rare transmissible cancer between fish — and it could ultimately help humans - Scientists say ...

Brown bullhead catfish in Lake Memphremagog had developed black lesions, similar to ones found elsewhere in New England.

More than a decade ago, fishers and biologists noticed jet-black tumors on the skin of brown bullhead catfish in Lake ...

Scientists say a transmissible melanoma found in catfish in Vermont is attracting experts from around the world and could ...

Brown bullhead catfish are the first freshwater fish found to naturally spread cancer through living tumor cells.

Scientists found the fourth type of transmissible cancer, and the first in a fish: a melanoma whose tumor cells spread ...

The cancer poses no known health risk to humans.

A new contagious cancer found in brown bullhead catfish has raised questions about potential risks to humans and ...

A black skin disease affecting catfish has been identified as the first transmissible cancer ever discovered in a freshwater ...

Scientists discovered a rare cancer that spreads between fish, marking the first known transmissible cancer found in a ...

Discovery sheds light on how cancer can spread in the wild, raising questions about where the cancer originated, and how it ...