The animal’s identify was a source of confusion for 150 years. Now, scientists think they’ve settled the debate.

The goliath grouper is a giant fish that can be found in Florida waters. In the '70s and '80s, it was severely overfished, which led to regulations making it illegal to harvest. Following is a ...

This story appears in the July 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Off the coast of southwest Florida, a hundred feet below the water’s surface, a whump rolls through the sea. Another ...

After a century of confusion and debate, scientists discovered a new species of sea creature with a “large” mouth ... a new species of fish, the mud grouper, while exploring a bustling ...

After a century of confusion and debate, scientists discovered a new species of sea creature with a “large” mouth ... important” longtooth grouper fish were one species or two, an important ...