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, ...

The small, “yellowish” fish was found off the coast of Fiji and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, according to a new study. Gary Runn via Unsplash In the blue island waves surrounding Fiji, a small fish ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a bay off the coast of Japan, a new species of venomous fish was discovered. Charles Deluvia via Unsplash Off the coast of Japan, a small, spikey orange fish was caught on the end of a fishing line ...

Near an island in the South Pacific Ocean, a bright red sea creature with “canine-like” teeth swam around the coral reef. Maybe it was its vibrant coloring or its spiny body, but something about the ...