M.Ebert/T.Nohl This image shows a new piranha-like fish from Jurassic seas with sharp, pointed teeth that probably fed on the fins of other fish The researchers analysed the jaws and found long ...

Known as sand piranhas, Excirolana chiltoni are tiny crustaceans that nibble at your feet – and draw blood – if you hang out ...

In 2012, National Geographic explained that the fish's image as a ravenous killer which ... died in 2012 after piranhas ate the flesh from one of his forearms. The Daily Telegraph says a five ...

Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a Brazilian river beach popular with tourists, biting at least 15 unwary swimmers. One of the bathers lost the tip of their toe during a frenzied ...

Natural History Museum scientists and their partners across the world named almost 200 species in the last 12 months.

Although there are eight species of piranhas in Paraguay, attacks usually come from the serrasalmus marginatus and the serrasalmus maculatus, which can be found in both Paraná and Paraguay rivers.

Tests are being carried out on two suspected piranhas found dead in a Yorkshire fishing lake. The razor-toothed fish were found by local anglers at Martinwells Lake at Edlington, near Doncaster ...