Popular and Scientific Media Coverage
- Conservation Magazine (Feb. 26, 2012) “Lion Puffer: Invasive lionfish blow at their prey to disorient them” by Daniel Strain
- AAAS Science Now (Feb. 24, 2012) “Video: Huffing and Puffing For Dinner” by Jane J. Lee
- NOAA Coral Reef Information System, Professional Exchanges (Revised Dec. 2, 2010) “The Indo-Pacific lionfish invasion of the U.S. south Atlantic sea coast and Caribbean Sea”
- The Daily Barometer (May 5, 2010) “Lionfish could upset ecological balance in Caribbean Sea” by Amy Schneider.
- Reader's Digest (Apr. 2010) “Invader” by Robert Kiener, pp. 149-154.
- AAAS Science Insider (Apr. 20, 2010) “Invasive Lionfish Attacks Reefs and Fish as Scientists Scramble” by Virginia Morell.
- Oregon State University Press Release (Apr. 19, 2010) “Lionfish Invasion Continuing to Expand”
- National Public Radio (Aug. 9, 2009) “Spreading Lionfish Invasion Threatens Bahamas” by Ann Dornfeld
- Alert Diver (Jul./Aug. 2009) “Lionfish Make a New Home: Invasive Fish are Settling in for the Long Haul” by Renée Duncan, pp. 43-49.
- Mother Jones (Jan./Feb. 2009) “Listen to the Lionfish” by Julia Whitty, pp. 60-65.
- NOAA Office of Atmospheric Research, Spotlight Feature Article (Feb. 24, 2009) “Lionfish Invasion: Super Predator Threatens Caribbean Coral Reefs” by Mark Hixon, Mark Albins, and Tori Redinger
- USA Today (Aug. 13, 2008) “Venomous lionfish prowls fragile Caribbean waters” by David Mcfadden (AP)
- National Science Foundation Discoveries Series (Jul. 29, 2008) “Atlantic Coral Reefs Are No Match for This Lion” by Dana Cruikshank.
- ScienceDaily (Jul. 21, 2008) “Lionfish Decimating Tropical Fish Populations, Threatening Coral Reefs”
- Nature News in Brief (Jul. 16, 2008) “Lionfish not a roaring success for coral reefs” Nature 454:265. doi:10.1038/454265f.
- USGS online “Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Factsheet for Pterois volitans/miles”
- Global Invasive Species Database “Pterois volitans (fish)”