The a-pacu-lypse is upon us. As if US waterways weren’t teeming with enough invasive fish of late, a Texas angler caught a South American piranha relative with “human teeth” at a local lake on Sunday.

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 Lord ...

A fish with grey and orange scales, with its mouth wide open exposing a row of human-looking teeth A young boy in Oklahoma has caught a bizarre, piranha-like fish with eerily human-like teeth hidden ...

OKLAHOMA, USA — A boy fishing in a neighborhood pond in Oklahoma found a surprise at the end of his line, officials said. When Charlie Clinton reeled in his line, he found a pacu fish, which is a ...

The video examines the long-standing fear that piranhas can devour a human. It breaks down how these fish actually behave in ...

Piranhas belong to a family of bony fish characterized by highly developed dentition. They’re cousins to the pacu fish, which has dentition eerily similar to human teeth. Unlike pacu teeth, which are ...

Janna Clinton was sitting on her back porch watching her son Charlie, 11, fish in a pond behind their house in Oklahoma this past weekend when he suddenly started yelling for her. "He was screaming, ...

A few weeks ago, Eric Estrada, an artist and ardent fly fisherman who lives in North Miami Beach, decided to visit a neighborhood pond. He hoped to hook his usual catches of peacock bass, snook or ...

The invasive fish, known as a pacu, originates from South America and has evolved human-like gnashers to accommodate its varied diet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...