You do not want to step on this foot-long fish here in Hawai‘i, as it could send you to the hospital. What is so amazing is that very few people get stung by the devil scorpion-fish even though I have ...

The New York aquarium has added one of the most colorful fish species -- and also among the most poisonous -- to its exotic marine life exhibit in Brooklyn. Native to the Indo-Pacific, scorpion fish ...

My Sea of Cortez cruising guide tells me that walking across Punta el Alacran, near where I’ve anchored my sailboat, is a favorite pastime among cruisers. If I do the hike though, the guide warns, ...

Manned submersible Curasub, sneaking around the twilight depths of the Caribbean island of Curacao in search of currently unknown species, has found yet another new one. The newly discovered ...

The bottom of the ocean is home for many creatures; some of them burrowing into rocks or sand, resting on coral or even in plain view. Scorpionfish – part of the Scorpaenidae family – is an ambush ...

This is one of two stinging scorpionfish recently found off Florida. Both are uncommon in state waters. FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute photo Two species of stinging scorpionfish have been ...

Scientists at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) have found a rare species of scorpionfish (Sorpaenospsis neglecta) which can change its colour and carries stinging venomous ...

Discovered by scientists using the manned submersible Curasub in the deep-reef waters of the Caribbean island of Curaçao, a new scorpionfish species is the latest one captured with the help of the sub ...