Chasing the lionfish: FIU researchers find predator in troubling waters

Photo courtesy of Matthew L. Wittenrich

The invasion has reached the Loxahatchee River. Lionfish, native to oceans halfway around the world, have reached the estuary near Jupiter, threatening the local ecosystems. Researchers at Florida International University have discovered the foreign predator, an invasive species originally from the Indo-Pacific region, nearly three miles inside the Loxahatchee River. [...]