The Chel snakehead, also known as the Channa amphibeus, was rediscovered in the town of Kalimpong in West Bengal Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

The northern snakehead (Channa argus) has a most unusual ability: It can breathe outside of the water, as well as within. Juveniles can also wriggle their long, narrow bodies onto land ...

Does it lubricate and help them move easier on land?” To try and answer this question, Bressman turned to the northern snakehead, a fish native to Asia that has become an invasive species in ...