Butler County — A fish identified as a Pacu, native to South America and similar to a Piranha, was found at Glade Run Park in Butler County recently. Because the species is native to warmer climates, ...

It goes without saying that you could find some pretty dangerous animals if you were to travel back in time tens of millions of years ago, but not all of the creatures that lurked in prehistoric times ...

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 ...

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 tear ...

Piranha fish have a powerful bite. Their teeth help them shred through the flesh of their prey or even scrape plants off rocks to supplement their diet. Years ago, scientists discovered that piranhas ...

Director Joe Dante and producer Roger Corman wanted to share in some of the success of Universal’s burgeoning Jaws franchise. Jaws itself was heralded as both a triumph for horror cinema and ...

An ancient flesh-eating fish that was remarkably similar to modern day piranhas has been discovered. Piranhamesodon pinnatomus lived around 150 million years ago—alongside the dinosaurs—and it ...

This week's big movie release, "Piranha 3D," does for the toothy South American fish what "Jaws" did for sharks 35 years ago. Hordes of mega-piranhas terrorize bikini-clad beauties ... in 3-D. If that ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have found a new type of piranha and a ray among 13 new species of freshwater fish in an area of Venezuela where pollution from gold mines is emerging as a threat, a ...