As you may have read last week in “Denver Aquarium Unequipped to Handle Piranha Attacks or Reporter Queries,” on a recent visit to the Downtown Aquarium I was disturbed to discover just how easy it ...

A close up picture of two piranha fish with their sharp triangular teeth exposed. A school of piranhas attacked holiday makers playing in a stream in a Brazilian resort on May 1, leaving at least ...

While keeping aquarium fish needs a lot of effort, it's a deeply rewarding experience. However, not all fish are suitable for ...

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Sometimes an animal just captures the collective imagination in a way that, while sensational, might not be entirely justified. Take piranha fish, a toothy South American freshwater fish that has been ...

WOODBURY HEIGHTS — Virginia Dredden has always been a better fisherman than her son, Ronald Meekins. So when she cast her line into Glen Lake Monday afternoon and quickly caught a fish, Meekins wasn’t ...

Federal prosecutors have this criminal fish importer in their jaws. The importer, Joel Rakower, pleaded guilty today in Brooklyn’s federal court for intentionally mislabeling imported piranhas, the ...

The pacu fish, a South American relative of the carnivorous piranha characterized by its distinct human-like teeth, has been showing up unexpectedly in Michigan lakes. On Aug. 9, the Michigan ...

RALEIGH, NC (WIS) - A Raleigh man thought he had come upon a 10-inch piranha in a North Carolina river. But an expert says it was more likely just a pacu. The News and Observer of Raleigh reported ...

If you are male and looking forward to indulging in an outdoor swim or two this summer, you may want to think twice. A piranha-like fish which enjoys biting and eating testicles may be heading to ...

Two New Hampshire anglers got a surprise over the weekend when they caught what looked like a piranha in a local pond.Jacob Wurm, 17, of Manchester, was fishing at Tate Pond with his stepfather, Steve ...

A deadly Piranha fish has been found on the Thames, the Environment Agency said. Piranha will attack any creature in the water The 10cm killer was dropped on to the deck of a boat on the Thames by a ...