Oct. 3 (UPI) --An angler casting his line in a Maryland creek reeled in something highly unusual for the state: a fish with a full set of human-like teeth. Jeremy Cooper said he initially thought he ...

A resident in the Texas Panhandle caught in a local lake an invasive fish species that's part of the piranha family. The invasive pacu fish was captured Tuesday at the Lake Meredith National ...

Pacu mainly feed on plant material and also like to munch on seeds and nuts, which is why they have teeth that "look similar to human teeth," according to the museum. Staff believe the fish was ...

A red piranha was found in the Baton Rouge University Lakes earlier this week, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Also known as red-bellied piranha, this scavenger fish ...

LAKE CITY, Minn. - Rumormongers along the Mississippi River said piranha. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources cast the final word: pacu. Native to the Amazon River basin in South America and ...

According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the fish was found in the Baton Rouge University Lakes, The Advocate of Baton Rouge reported. The fish, also known as a red-bellied ...

A young boy fishing at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area brought in an unusual catch this week: a South American freshwater fish that is a relative of the piranha. The pacu fish was caught at the ...

An invasive fish species related to the piranha was caught in a Texas lake, wildlife officials said. A pacu, a freshwater fish native to South America, was caught Aug. 25 at the Lake Meredith National ...

A resident in the Texas Panhandle caught in a local lake an invasive fish species that's part of the piranha family. The pacu is a South American freshwater fish that's related to piranha but has key ...

Officials said they’ve encountered this species before after people who owned them as pets released them into Texas waters. Getty Images/iStockphoto An invasive fish species related to the piranha was ...