A Spiny Invader Proliferates in L.I. Waters, and Scientists Wonder About Its Impact
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Scientists are trying to determine why venomous lionfish are appearing in Long IslandÂs waters. The Pacific Ocean natives could pose a threat to the habitat.
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Fishermen are famed for overstating the size of their catches, but science has found an instance in which anglers have apparently underestimated their prowess.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 8--COLONIE -- The electronic marquee outside a Wolf Road hotel Wednesday looked like something from the sci-fi double feature at a 1950s drive-in: Invasive Plants.
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When divers first reported lionfish off the North Carolina coast four years ago, biologist Paula Whitfield thought it must be a mistake or an aberration. The poisonous, carnivorous Indo-Pacific lionfish is native to tropical waters half a world away &#151; not the seas off the Outer Banks.
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It hardly seems fair, but new research suggests that water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators may harm their species more than help.
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By Julie Patel, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec. 17--The dead fish that Fremont High School teacher Laurie Turner and her students discovered years ago when they wandered out to the school's outdoor science lab shook them.
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Water striders do what few other animals can: They walk on water. How the freshwater insects pull it off has baffled scientists&#151;until now.
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Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds is invading central California waters and preying on local anchovy, hake and other commercial fish populations, according to a study published Tuesday.
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A changing climate is forcing some of Britain's less heralded marine lifeforms to move, research shows.
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U.S. scientists say they have analyzed the genetic makeup of an entire community of bacteria that live inside an unusual marine worm.
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They're swarmy and stinky, and they're sticking around longer. Fish flies have invaded the shorelines of Lake St. Clair, the Detroit and St. Clair rivers, and points beyond. Known elsewhere as May flies, the bugs emerged from the rivers and lakes around June 1 and are expected to hang around for six weeks.
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Sea spiders, tiny "shrimp," and giant barnacles are among the potential new species discovered where a vast ice shelf used to be.
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By Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 1--A nasty fish-killing virus recently discovered in the eastern Great Lakes is now poised to spill into Lake Michigan.
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A new test could help scientists determine more quickly whether chinook salmon in the Klamath River are infected with a potentially deadly parasite.
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A fish known for its voracious appetite and ability to wreak havoc on freshwater ecosystems was found in Chicago's Burnham Harbor, alarming state biologists.
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By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 3--A colorful butterfly that is as imperiled as the prairie habitat it depends on is making a bit of a comeback here in South Sound.
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By Matt Weiser and Jim Downing, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 3--The fate of a water supply serving two in three Californians has come down to tides, temperature and the mysterious movements of a tiny fish.