The prickly little creatures known as Lionfish are spearheads of an INVASION! Marlie Hall takes us under the sea. Lionfish footage courtesy of videographer Ziggy Livnat and REEF Environmental ...

An adult lionfish can grow as large as 18 inches, while juveniles may be as small as 1 inch or less. An adult weighs about 2.5 pounds. The lionfish’s head and body are brightly striped with brown and ...

Unknown in the Americas 30 years ago, lionfish have multiplied at a rate that is almost unheard of in marine history. Visuals Unlimited / Corbis It took as few as three lionfish to start the invasion.

Turkeyfish. Butterfly cod. Feather fins. A lionfish (Pterois) by any other name looks just as lovely. Adorned in bold maroon, brown and white stripes, lionfish drift through the water by gently waving ...

ON ANY GIVEN weekend this summer, there was a lionfish derby underway somewhere in Florida. As the population of this invasive species has exploded in recent years, so too has interest in targeting ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Underwater there is no denying their beauty. From their brilliant coloration to showy pectoral fins, lionfish are fascinating to watch. They've also wrecked ecological chaos because ...

A lionfish is a swimming paradox. It is painted in fierce hues of orange and white but it has an almost melancholy expression. It has fearsome venomous spines sticking out of its back, but elegant fan ...

That predatory silent roar underwater is the lionfish, an invasive species in the Caribbean that can devastate up to 80 percent of fish in a coral reef in a scant five weeks. Lionfish have a ferocious ...

Lionfish, while spectacularly beautiful, are wreaking havoc on Caribbean reef habitats. A sting from the fish’s long, venomous spines is extremely painful but rarely fatal.Credit...Lorenzo ...

A lionfish (Pterois volitans) cruises near Fiji in this 2008 image. These Indo-Pacific natives have established themselves in the western Atlantic off the U.S. coast and in the Caribbean, probably ...