1.   As children head back to school, health experts are advising that families take a proactive approach to dealing with the tiny parasites.

2.   Female angler fish keep their mates captive as tiny parasites attached to their bodies, the male diminished in size to little more than a reproductive organ.

3.   The tiny parasite, a sabellid polychaete worm, is not a health hazard to humans.

4.   In November, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection said preliminary tests indicated that a tiny parasite known as paramoeba may be to blame for the lobster deaths.