A study by Dr. Martin Ebert and Dr. Martina Kölbl-Ebert examined the remains of some 4,200 Tharsis fossil specimens. They ...

Yasmin Vieira, 9, suffered bites to her feet and had two of her toes ripped off in the sudden attack after placing her legs ...

A GIRL was attacked by a school of piranha fish just moments after taking a dip in a scenic lake in Brazil. Nine-year-old Yasmin Luis Vieira’s foot was mutilated in the savage attack that too… ...

Speaking about the deadly fish, one expert said: ‘The presence of piranhas in Guaiba occurred due to the transposition of waters from the Uruguay and Jacuí rivers into the Guaiba lake.

Piranhas can be found in groups of anything from below 10 to 100 fish, Grzenda said, but this is for protection rather than hunting. "They have their place in the food chain as both predator and ...

Stock images of a piranha (L) and a caiman (R). A video shows a swarm of piranhas eating the body of a dead caiman in the Amazon rainforest. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS Piranhas are freshwater fish ...

Photo by Getty Images At least eight people were left bloodied and wounded after an attack by piranha fish in Brazil, Britain’s Daily Mail has reported.

ANDERSON, S.C. — South Carolina wildlife officials are sending out a warning after a teen caught a fish that looks like a flesh-eating piranha in an Upstate lake. Fifteen-year-old Drew Patrick ...

Happily, what he found wasn’t the infamous flesh-eating piranha. Florida’s wildlife management agency and experts believe it was almost certainly a pacu, a relative of the piranha.

The flesh-eating bugs are actually water-line isopods (called Excirolana chiltoni) and they grow to 0.3 inches long - traveling in swarms of up to 1,000 critters - reports Live Science.