We're starting with the fish that have temperaments that make them unlikely to get on with other species of tankmates. In ...

MAINE TOWNSHIP, Ill. – An 18-month-old girl in Illinois had her fingertip bitten off by one of her family's pet piranhas.

Last summer, I expressed my concerns about reopening the schools during a pandemic by comparing it to encouraging people to jump into a piranha-infested swimming pool. A reader reacted to my ...

At first a suburban Chicago mother thought the family dog was responsible, but responding police looked at a fish tank near where the child had been playing.

The student said, 'No.' And then the cat jumped out of the basket.” The rule about non-predatory fish came after a student thought having a pet piranha was a good idea.

An 18-month-old toddler lost her fingertip to the family’s pet piranha Tuesday.

Others require special permits before they can be kept in the state. Here are just a few of the animals that you can't keep as pets in Alabama (not that you'd want a pet piranha of course.) ...

SHELBY, Ohio — A state wildlife official said the tooth-bearing fish found in Shelby Reservoir No. 3 on Wednesday likely was a discarded pet, and probably the only such fish swimming in the water.

A piranha caught last week in University Lakes was probably somebody’s idea of a pet, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said.

Patients love Dr. Hanna, but they also love George - the office pet. George has been around for 17 years.

A fisherman caught a piranha in a North Carolina lake. Wildlife officials say it was likely a pet that outgrew its tank and was tossed.

Doctors original thought a dog might have bitten off an 18-month-old girl’s fingertip in Chicago, but it turned out to be the family’s pet piranha (not pictured).