Anglers had been reporting black skin patches among catfish in Vermont lake. Now scientists have found it’s a contagious cancer affecting 30% of their population |
Tasmanian devils, dogs and shellfish are some of the only animals that are known to carry naturally occurring cancers that can pass between individuals. But scientists in Vermont have discovered a new animal species that can do the same, catfish. When they researched the mysterious black skin lesions afflicting catfish in Lake Memphremagog and other…