Invasive and venomous lionfish have made a home in South Carolina, but in turn, have upset the balance of predator and prey species needed for a healthy local reef. With this in mind, more than two ...

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 ...

Native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, lionfish invaded coral reefs in the Bahamas beginning in the early 2000s—likely when multiple aquarium owners surreptitiously liberated some of these ...