Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A city in Minnesota wants residents to give their pet goldfish to a "responsible friend" instead of throwing it in a waterway. The ...

Looking after a pet can teach your child about compassion, responsibility and coping with loss. For their first animal companion, though, it makes sense to choose something small and relatively low ...

Pet fish are not wild fish. City officials in Burnsville, Minnesota, recently tweeted out a warning against dumping pet fish in the wild after a large number of goldfish were found in one of the ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Officials in Minnesota said they’re finding more giant goldfish in waterways, prompting a plea to citizens to stop illegally dumping their unwanted fish into ponds and lakes.

Fisheries officials in Canada are sharing images of monstrous goldfish pulled from a Lake Ontario waterway and begging the public to stop releasing aquarium fish into the wild. “Ever wonder what ...

They look fake, but we assure you, they are real and they are not spectacular for area lakes and rivers. Giant goldfish continue to show up in waterways in the Great Lakes region, causing a potential ...

Don’t flush the fish! Whereas Florida has pythons, Minnesota apparently has goldfish. Football-sized goldfish are turning up in waterways, competing with native species for food, increasing lake algae ...

Imagine a wild, feral goldfish surviving in a habitat it was never meant to enter. In Canadian waters, such creatures are not uncommon; apparently, goldfish are now established in multiple provinces, ...

Goldfish can be an invasive species when reintroduced to the wild The Minnesota city of Burnsville warned residents about releasing pet fish into ponds and lakes after large goldfish were found ...