Their sharp teeth do live up to the piranhas infamous bite. The upper and lower teeth interlock. However, they are better ...

Piranha fish are incredible animals that have gotten a bit of a bad reputation over the years. Though relatively small, the fish sport jaws lined with incredibly sharp teeth that they can use to ...

The screwworm affected live stock ranchers from the 1930s through he 1980s. The insect is essentially a “flying piranha” that eats its host from the inside out and has the ability to kill a ...

In a river of northern Bolivia, a silvery predator with “sharp” teeth swam through the murky waters. Its white eyes scanned ...

Stock image of a piranha baring its teeth. Piranhas have attacked 8 people at a beach resort in Brazil. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS. Piranhas are freshwater fish found throughout rivers and ...

A new species of piranha-like fish called pacu was recently found hiding in plain sight among several near-identical species in the Amazon River. Researchers have named it after Sauron from "The ...

A cute fuzzy beetle, a sea squirt that looks like a cross between a panda and a zebra, and a piranha-like fish that's vegetarian: These are just a few of the new species formally identified in 2024.

Animal stories See your latest updates. A vegetarian piranha named Myloplus sauron was found in Brazil’s Xingu River.

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown that have been named this year.

The insect is essentially a “flying piranha” that eats its host from the inside out and has the ability to kill a full-grown steer in 10 days. Eggs are laid in a wound, eye, or even the nose ...