Armed with poisonous spines, a voracious appetite, lack of predators, and an ability to quickly reproduce, the lionfish has ...

Nearly 25 years after its arrival off N.C., the lionfish is now well established as an apex predator. Its ecological damage ...

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 ...

Head under the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, and you will find one of the most beautiful killers in the sea. Meet the lionfish ...

FWC is unsure of whether the apparent population decrease can be attributed to a new disease, mitigation efforts, a natural ebb and flow of invasive species populations or a combination of those ...

On Saturday, environmental conservationists will cheer on hunters trying to overfish our reefs. It isn’t opposite day, and our local environmentalists haven’t sold out. It’s the day of hunting during ...

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Lionfish are native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean, but their exotic stripes and venomous features have made them popular in the aquarium trade. Lionfish may have first been released into the Atlantic ...

How sick of the lionfish is the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission? Enough so to offer you up to $5,000 to catch the nasty critters and get them out of Florida waters. The FWC's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz writes about the ocean and its protection. Lionfish were introduced to the Caribbean in the 1980s. Although unconfirmed, it is ...

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 an ecologically ...