Scientists have discovered a rare transmissible cancer between fish — and it could ultimately help humans - Scientists say that the cancer cells are behaving more like parasites than regular tumors ...

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

Anglers and biologists began pulling up brown bullhead catfish with raised black spots on their bodies. It was later found ...

Vermont scientists were surprised to discover a melanoma that spreads from one catfish to another like a parasite, marking ...

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

The cancer manifests as raised black lesions on the fish’s skin, along with lumpy tumors. The cause has long eluded ...

The first-ever transmissible cancer to spread among fish in a freshwater setting has been discovered among brown bullhead ...

A new study revealed contagious cancer in fish, marking the first such case ever documented in freshwater species.

For many years now, anglers have been catching brown bullhead in Lake Memphremagog that are riddled with lesions and tumors.

Only four transmissible cancers are known, contagious cell lineages that spread between animals. Meet the dog, devil and shellfish cancers behind the catfish.

Transmissible tumors have been reported in a handful of animal species, but never before among fish. Is it possible in humans ...