The East Mediterranean has also seen another invasive Red Sea fish in the last decade: the silver-cheeked toadfish. Known as ...

A Cyprus fisherman adapts to changing seas by battling invasive lionfish, protecting marine life while turning the threat ...

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 ...

In a weird way, lionfish are kind of adorable. From their mane to their stripes to their little unicorn horn, you might be inclined to think that lionfish are good little pets. Oh, but actually, ...

Consuming invasive species "can turn this challenge into an opportunity... and help limit the environmental threat," says the ...

Scuba divers at the 2023 Florida Keys Lionfish Derby & Festival caught 1,898 lionfish, breaking the previous records for Florida Keys derbies by more than 500. The derby, held in Islamorada by the ...

DAVIE (CBSMiami) – Hurricane season is here and that means storms and hurricanes that form this season may not only affect land negatively but also sea life. Hurricanes such as Andrew, Wilma and ...

A team of scientists from around the country recently spent two days off the coast of South Florida to investigate the explosion of lionfish. What they found was shocking. Why? Because there’s a war ...

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Frying, searing or grilling is the best way to combat one invasive species that has gone from saltwater aquariums to establish colonies in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from ...

The lionfish, prized denizen of salt-water aquariums everywhere, is native to the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific. Sometime in the 1990s, however, a few of them were introduced into the Caribbean, ...

On Saturday, environmental conservationists will cheer on hunters trying to overfish our reefs. It isn’t opposite day, and our local environmentalists haven’t sold out. It’s the day of hunting during ...