The relentless scourge of lionfish has crept to unexpected depths: Off the coast of Florida, researchers say they found the venomous invader thriving around a sunken ship at 300 feet (91 meters) below ...
Coral reefs and artificial reefs from the Florida Keys to the Panhandle to the waters off the First Coast in Northeast Florida have one thing in common — lionfish. The pervasive invasive species, ...
The first expedition to use a deep-diving submersible to study the Atlantic Ocean lionfish invasion found something very disturbing -- at 300 feet deep, there were still significant populations of ...
During a recent meeting in Key West, U.S. Congressman Steve Southerland, (R-FL2), who serves on the House Natural Resources Committee and its Fisheries Subcommittee, got an up-close and personal look ...
The lionfish invasion in the Mediterranean is alarming. Find out how this species disrupts the delicate marine ecosystem.
Lionfish have long been a prized aquarium species, with striking coloration and unusual looking fins sure to spice up any saltwater tank. But when some of those Indo-Pacific natives escaped their ...
“Do you know what this is?” James Morris looks at me, eyes twinkling, as he points to the guts of a dissected lionfish in his lab at the National Ocean Service’s Center for Coastal Fisheries and ...
The fish stared at me, and I stared right back, taking in its tiger-like red and white stripes, its flamboyant, fan-like pectoral fins, and the row of venomous, upright spines along its back. Thin ...
The relentless scourge of lionfish has crept to unexpected depths: Off the coast of Florida, researchers say they found the venomous invader thriving around a sunken ship at 300 feet (91 meters) below ...