A ravenous Channa fish battled a highly venomous baby cobra before eating it. The pet owner said he was searching for earthworms for his fish when he saw the snake under the dirt while digging ...

HYDERABAD: Telangana state government has declared ‘Channa Striatus’ (Murrel Fish) as the state fish. Orders to this effect were issued on Wednesday. The state government had already announced ...

To encourage more people to eat snakehead fish, and hopefully control the population, Maryland lawmakers thought the scientific name, Chesapeake Channa, sounded more appetizing. So that is the new ...

The study suggests that predation by Chesapeake Channa, rather than changes in water quality, is the primary driver behind the observed shifts in fish community composition. Chesapeake Channa ...

When a non-native fish known as the northern snakehead (dubbed Frankenfish by horrified, or perhaps bemused, locals) turned up in three Crofton ponds in 2002, Maryland’s Department of Natural ...

A newly released study from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources confirms that the invasive fish species Chesapeake Channa, also known as the northern snakehead, is significantly altering ...

A Maryland legislator dropped the proposed “Patuxent Fish” in favor of “Chesapeake Channa” hoping to improve the snakehead fish’s slimy image.

Chesapeake Channa adults were first documented in Maryland, thousands of miles from their native habitat in East Asia in 2002. Subsequent illegal introductions and natural dispersal in the decades ...

Saltwater Fish vs Freshwater Fish The delicious Chesapeake channa. Photo by Joe Cermele. I think that general consumers — in other words, non-anglers and people with no deep knowledge of fish — are ...

Chesapeake Channa is the new official name for the snakehead fish. The video player is currently playing an ad. The invasive species, known for its ability to survive on land, has been disrupting ...

Invasive snakehead fish rebranded as Chesapeake Channa to sound more appetizing WJZ via CNN Newsource The snakehead fish is an invasive species that came into Maryland in the early 2000s.

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The snakehead fish is an invasive species that came into Maryland in the early 2000s. They’ve been a big problem for our aquatic ecosystem because they eat ...