The northern snakehead (Channa argus) has a most unusual ability: It can breathe outside of the water, as well as within. Juveniles can also wriggle their long, narrow bodies onto land ...

The northern snakehead fish (Channa argus) is native to parts of Asia, but when they show up in places like Pennsylvania or Maryland, they can cause big problems for local ecosystems and wildlife ...

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — When northern snakeheads (Channa Argus) were first discovered in Virginia in 2004, there were fears the invasive predator would disrupt the ecosystem and present ...

identifying it as a species of snakehead, and naming it Channa amphibeus In the century that followed, the snakehead was caught and identified a handful of times, sometimes mistaken for other ...

The invasive northern snakehead fish has negatively impacted other fish and the ecosystem in part of the Chesapeake Bay, according to a new study by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

The northern snakehead fish, now known as the Chesapeake channa, has long been established in the Chesapeake Bay.

Takasane also allegedly smuggled the non-native snakehead fish (Channa andrao, Channa marulioides and Channa bleheri) — considered “injurious wildlife” under federal law — into the U.S. to ...

In the century that followed, the snakehead was caught and identified a handful of times, sometimes mistaken for other species, but described and drawn as “olive green, with orange stripe; and the ...