Photos recently shared by TPWD's fisheries division show the caught lionfish's mouth agape, revealing the tiny blue and yellow damselfish that was hidden inside. There's one way to deal with the ...

This beautiful but terrible menace is threatening the Gulf’s underwater ecosystem. The only way to control the species is to spear the fish one by one.

The prickly lionfish usually makes its home in the Indo-Pacific, but in recent decades the species has become an invasive presence in the Caribbean and along the coast of Florida. Unfortunately, the ...

Wherever it appears, the adaptable predator corners fish and crustaceans up to half its size with its billowy fins and sucks them down in one violent gulp. Research teams observed one lionfish eating ...

Like the lions that roam the African planes, the lions of the ocean are mighty predators. Well, not really. But these ferociously finned nonnative fish have managed to eat our tropical reefs bare.

Environmental groups want consumers to start eating invasive fish species, such as lionfish and Asian carp. But Whole Foods, for one, has no plans... From doctors to the government, everyone seems to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of tournament divers raced until the last minute to bring in a record-breaking haul of more than 31,000 venomous lionfish, Florida officials said. The state’s annual competition to remove the ...

Two Duval County men claimed top prizes in Florida’s 2024 FWC Lionfish Challenge, which saw record participation and removal of the invasive species. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...