UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — What's in a name? Nothing good for the snakehead fish. But a Maryland state senator recently amended a bill to rename the Northern Snakehead, an invasive species, in hopes of ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — The snakehead fish is an invasive species that came into Maryland in the early 2000s. They’ve been a big problem for our aquatic ecosystem because they eat everything, but ...

MARYLAND - October 1st marked the first day that the Northern Snakehead fish's new name, the 'Chesapeake Channa', took effect in Maryland. The name change comes after a law was proposed and passed by ...

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 ...

A Crownsville man broke the state record for the largest catch of a Chesapeake Channa — an invasive fish commonly called a snakehead. “They taste good and everybody wins,” Matt Foreman told the ...