Aquarists were first attracted to lionfish as pets for their bright coloration, beautiful patterns, and interesting body shape. Fishkeepers soon found out that lionfish are also hardier than many of ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on ...

Captured female lionfish are loaded with egg sacks or show signs of just having spawned. Each egg sack contains up to 20,000 eggs and lionfish spawn monthly through the summer. Whitfield's team even ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean’s warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on ...

Have you ever had Lionfish? Lisette owns a lionfish restaurant on the island of Curaçao. Every few days, she dives into the ...

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ABOARD THE LADY GO DIVER – Drifting in the slight chop of the Atlantic Ocean a mile off Florida's eastern coast, small groups of divers armed with spears and a purpose tumbled deliberately backward ...