The invasive northern snakehead, which has recently been appearing in Missouri and other states, must be eradicated, officials say. By Victor Mather The northern snakehead — a sharp-toothed fish that ...

The popularity of fishing for invasive northern snakeheads hasn’t stopped growing. Just ask Eddie Weber, the owner of High Octance Custom Baits, and Steve Cahn — two veteran snakehead junkies based in ...

The northern snakehead is native to Asia and is one of 29 snakehead species. It made its national news debut in 2002, after an angler at a pond behind a strip mall in Crofton, Maryland, caught a long, ...

There’s not much that the Northern Snakehead Fish can’t do. It’s an aggressive hunter. Its unique respiratory system lets it survive outside of water for days at a time. It’s also a prolific breeder, ...

It’s been nicknamed Frankenfish. But it’s turning out to be more of a Superfish, with Lex Luthor attitude. The northern snakehead, a large Asiatic invasive species, has been expanding in Berks County ...

Geoff Smith, a biologist with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), unfurled a weighted seine and plunged it into the water Monday at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Smith and two ...

The giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes), a predatory fish native to Southeast Asia, has been found in Sri Lanka’s Deduru Oya reservoir, raising concerns over the invasive species’ potential impact on ...