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 ...

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 ...

Captured female lionfish are loaded with egg sacks or show signs of just having spawned. Each egg sack contains up to 20,000 eggs and lionfish spawn monthly through the summer. Whitfield's team even ...

The biggest threat they pose, however, is not their venomous spines. It is the alarming speed and ferocity with which they invade new waters, eating prey that have not evolved to recognize them as a ...

It’s tough to say which are more disliked in Florida: invasive pythons or invasive lionfish. But based on sheer numbers, venomous lionfish appear to be besting eviction efforts. That became clear when ...

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 ...