By the early 2000s, they had reached the Caribbean coastline and ... No one wanted to buy (or eat) the fish because they were believed to be poisonous (they're actually only venomous; the fins ...

Lionfish, while spectacularly beautiful, are wreaking havoc on Caribbean reef habitats. A sting from the fish’s long, venomous spines is extremely painful but ...

Tiago Rodrigues da Silva, 25, was diving off the coast of Brazil from a fishing boat when he collapsed and died after what ...

Venomous lionfish are taking over ... fishing collectives in a dozen countries around the Caribbean and Mediterranean to harvest the fish for their skin. After starting with just a few divers ...

Stonefish are a highly venomous group of fish that camouflage themselves among ... Indian oceans but has become highly invasive in the Caribbean and southeastern U.S. coast. It preys on native ...