RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lurking in the depths of the Potomac River is a wriggly monster that can grow to four feet long. With its sharp teeth, the snakehead devours other fish, and biologists fear it ...

The Chesapeake Channa, better known as the northern snakehead, has become a prized target for anglers across Maryland — even as it remains an invasive threat to the state’s waterways. Introduced to ...

It was the kind of trophy catch no one wanted to make, particularly fish officials in Virginia and Maryland. Cliff Magnus, of St. Charles, Md., landed a 2-foot long, 5-pound snakehead fish in the ...

Problem solved. Or so it appeared. Two years later, northern snakeheads fulfilled biologists’ worst fear and showed up in the Potomac River. Experts worried that snakeheads in the Potomac, by eating ...

There’s not much that the Northern Snakehead Fish can’t do. It’s an aggressive hunter. Its unique respiratory system lets it survive outside of water for days at a time. It’s also a prolific breeder, ...