The lionfish zapper hits the open seas
Last year, we broke the story of a robot being being developed to fight invasive lionfish. This spring, the prototype landed in the open ocean for the first time. Here’s how they took the idea from paper to practice.
Interactive: Lionfish invasion
Once just an alluring pet, the ravenous lionfish is now a predatory threat to Atlantic reefs.
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How scientists aim to combat ‘Darwin’s nightmare’ — the invasive lionfish
The lionfish has always been a relentless predator. When it lived only in the Indo-Pacific, its ferocity and aggression were contained. But since the species has expanded to the Atlantic, its overpopulation is threatening fellow aquatic creatures. So scientists are…
How do you stop invasive lionfish? Maybe with a robotic zapper
A nonprofit company is engineering robots to cull invasive lionfish, a detrimental species in the Atlantic Ocean.
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