Red lionfish invade the Caribbean
Friday, August 15, 2008 - 16:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The predator, a native of the Indian and Pacific oceans, is believed to have escaped from a Florida fish tank. A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region.