The Amazon River basin’s most notorious bloodsuckers may not be all drama and gore after all. New findings suggest that some candiru—the vampire fish—may have a more benign relationship with their ...

The vampire fish, or candiru is known for being a parasite, sucking the blood of larger fish, and in one unusual case, swimming up a person's urethra. However, a new study suggests that this species ...

The candiru became the most famous catfish in the world in 1997, when an icthyologist read a medical report about a man who had to have this toothpick-shaped fish removed from his urethra. The truth ...

This is in reference to your column “Can the candiru fish swim upstream into your urethra?” (May 19, 2000). I recently heard a talk by a visiting scholar who was researching the candiru. The speaker ...

David Beckham was warned off swimming in the Amazon during the recent shooting of a documentary — for fear of a deadly fish swimming into his genitalia, sources tell Confidenti@l. The 38-year-old ...

The Candiru is a terrifying fish. This small catfish uses its circular mouth and sharp teeth to bite flesh and then enter organisms, leaving behind a wound that looks uncannily like a bullet hole. But ...