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The goldfish was released into Lake Erie nearly two years ago, potentially disturbing the ecosystem. The baby boomer effect is hitting the housing market hard The #1 most popular city in the world ...

You might have a pet goldfish at home, but I bet you've never seen one quite like this before. Although the idea of a giant goldfish might sound cool, it's not actually good news. The US Fish and ...

"Without a tank limiting their size, goldfish that once fit in the palm of your hand can balloon into giant, football-sized invaders that compete with native species for food and habitat," the ...

Corey Ketchum can be seen in the photo with his hand being dwarfed by the giant goldfish. "Your pet store goldfish after two years in the wild: ‘Call me Megalodon,'" quipped the USFWS in its ...

Releasing a goldfish into the wild can create "an invasive problem that can last decades," the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been ...

According to the USFWS' website, wild goldfish can "balloon into giant, football-sized invaders that compete with native species for food and habitat." Specifically, the species can make water ...

"From cute to brute," the agency captioned the snap. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/ Feacebook USFWS's Corey Ketchum holds a giant goldfish discovered in a Pennsylvania waterway Related: Giant ...

The giant goldfish was found by US Fish and Wildlife Services in a waterway at Presque Isle State Park in Erie. Matt Basista/USFWS “This goldfish isn’t supposed to be here,” the government ...

(WJW) — Lake Erie looks like a frozen tundra, but beneath all of that ice goldfish are not only surviving, they may be thriving and growing to massive sizes. Biologists with the U.S. Fish and ...

Animal rights activists are protesting a California bar that holds weekly goldfish races, which have demonstrators up in arms over their “torture and exploitation.” ...