Just as lions are apex predators on land, lionfish in Florida are an underwater force to be reckoned with. The biggest threat they pose, however, is not their venomous spines. It is the alarming speed ...

Researchers have little information about how grown lionfish might invade or move to new waters because tracking small marine organisms poses difficulties. One way to investigate their movements, ...

If you were designing an apex predator, it would be hard to do better than the lionfish. Equipped with beautiful but poisonous spines that keep most smart inquisitors away and a voracious appetite ...

A Long Island, New York, man set a state record this month for spearing the heaviest lionfish in the Atlantic Ocean while diving in the Florida Keys. It weighed in at 3.10 pounds, or 1,408 grams.