ON ANY GIVEN weekend this summer, there will be a lionfish derby underway somewhere in Florida. As the population of this invasive species has exploded in recent years, so too has interest in ...

Live coral covers 68% of Tela Bay, on the northern coast of Honduras, creating a complex ecosystem that’s part of the wider Mesoamerican Reef system. Among stressors including overfishing and coral ...

The FWC Lionfish Challenge in Florida saw record-breaking participation and harvest numbers this year. Some 285 divers removed 31,773 invasive lionfish from fragile coral reef ecosystems in the Gulf ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lionfish swims in one of the tanks at the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher in July 2014. If you were to ask artificial intelligence ...

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with ...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Drifting in the slight chop of the Atlantic Ocean a mile off Florida's eastern coast, small groups of divers armed with spears and a purpose tumbled deliberately backward off the ...

Head under the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, and you will find one of the most beautiful killers in the sea. Meet the lionfish, an extravagant-looking fish featuring flowing spines and vivid zebra ...

Fisherman Photis Gaitanos collects fish from nets off the coast of Larnaca, Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean, early Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) LARNACA, Cyprus — Photis ...

ELAFONISOS, Greece — A month earlier, the two divers had scoured this exact seabed, spearfishing a single species until the craggy floor was nearly bare. Now, they cut the engine and wriggled into ...

A lionfish swims in one of the tanks at the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher in July 2014. If you were to ask artificial intelligence to build the perfect invasive invader, the computer technology might ...