A feature examining snakehead biology and their ecosystem impact in the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay since their 2004 discovery. Scientists remain…
Two decades after northern snakeheads arrived in Virginia's Potomac area in 2002, scientists initially feared they would decimate native predator popu…
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources researchers tagged and released snakeheads on Little Hunting Creek to monitor fish movements and habitat pre…
A Maryland DNR study of northern snakehead (Chesapeake Channa) from the upper Chesapeake Bay found that most females carry eggs in two distinct size g…
Drexel University and Academy of Natural Sciences researchers used electro-fishing to survey northern snakehead populations in Meadow Lake, Pennsylvan…
Peer-reviewed research examining how the antioxidant resveratrol affects growth performance, antioxidant status, and immune function in Northern snake…
Snakehead fish are traded internationally as live ornamental aquarium fish, a practice that poses risks to wild populations and increases invasive-spe…
Indian researchers confirmed that Channa diplogramma (Malabar snakehead) is a distinct, critically endangered species found only in Kerala and Tamil N…
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources fisheries biologist John Odenkirk participated in a snakehead survey on Aquia Creek in March 2024, netting s…
Air-breathing, snake-patterned, and built to ambush — here's what makes the northern snakehead such a formidable predator, and why it's invasive in th…
A detailed reference on the biology, range and invasion history of Channa argus, the northern snakehead — good background reading for the curious angl…
An overview of the snakehead family (Channidae) — the many species, their native ranges, and how a few became notorious invasives in North America.
