The Missouri Department of Conservation is advising state-wide and visiting anglers to be on the lookout for the northern snakehead as it is invasive to the U.S. Also known as the Channa argus, the ...

And for good reason. Among their almost mutant abilities, snakeheads can live for days on dry land, thrive in filthy water and are razor-toothed alpha hunters that can casually destroy ecosystems.

Although carnivorous fish have long been important in aquatic ecosystems, one invasive and aggressive predator has been ...

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 ...

National newspaper and TV news reports described snakeheads as vicious predators that would eat every fish in a pond, then waddle across land to another body of water and clean it out. A reporter ...

Invasive Species Ecologist Angela Sokolowski explained the danger, “Northern snakehead fish are highly invasive and could reduce populations of the sportfish Missourians love to catch. Anglers can ...