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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lionfish are among the ocean’s most striking creatures—elegant, flamboyantly striped, and surprisingly delicious. But beneath their beauty lies a destructive menace. No one knows for certain how they ...

I had the good fortune of spending last week with a group of students from my school at a place called The Cape Eleuthera Institute in the Bahamas, a research and education facility that promotes ...

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 ...

“The problem with the lionfish is it’s like Darwin’s nightmare,” Oliver Steeds said, standing on the deck of the Baseline Explorer. A late afternoon sun dwindled over the 146-foot research vessel, as ...

DESTIN-FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — Divers put in “a lot of effort to help our ecosystem” during the 2024 Emerald Coast Open lionfish tournament this past weekend, according to a press release.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The 2023 Lionfish Challenge has ended, shattering previous competition records, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Thursday. The eighth edition ...