Hollywood has rather overstated the reputation of today's piranhas Scientists have unearthed the fossilised remains of a piranha-like species that they say is the earliest known example of a flesh ...

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 ...

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.