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.

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 ...

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 ...

Isaac Jones and Paul DeCuir have never met, but they share something in common — a disdain for lionfish. The invasive species native to Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific region first showed up on ...

(Florida Today) -- Starting Friday, the invasive lionfish can no longer be imported into Florida. Several other lionfish management changes take effect Aug. 1 to help beat back the invasive, spiny ...

This week at GW Fins (808 Bienville St., 504-581-3467), diners can try something new while also promoting a more sustainable Gulf Coast marine environment. Lionfish, considered one of the most ...

There are invaders in our Gulf waters. And researchers at Florida Gulf Coast University are working to find out more about them, so they can be stopped. Invasive exotic Lionfish are native to the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A ban on importing live lionfish into Florida is taking effect. Aquarium shops will be allowed to obtain new lionfish from divers instead. The ban is one of several changes ...

Invasive lionfish are covered in deep-red stripes and 18 venomous spines. A single lionfish can eat 5,000 native animals per year, according to NOAA researchers. When Captain Cindy Garb and her ...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — 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 off the ...