Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Left to right) Isaac Martin, Timmy Stubbs and Aaron Drake examine shrimp brought up in nets from the Wassaw Sound. Georgia's ...

Parasites can play an important role in driving cannibalism, according to a new research which looked at cannibalism among freshwater shrimp in Northern Ireland. Researchers from the University of ...

Wassaw Sound Estuary, GA.—The fall of 2013 should have been a blessing for Georgia shrimpers. A bacterial infection had wiped out the Asian shrimp farms that drove many Americans out of business.

Scour the salt marshes of Plum Island Estuary in Massachusetts and you’re likely to spot bright orange shrimp lurking among the vegetation and detritus. That unusual hue is a sign that a shrimp has ...

Georgia's shrimpers are already facing plenty of challenges like high gas prices, inflation and international competition. But climate change is exacerbating a new problem: black gill, a parasite that ...