The amazing pike killifish

Pike are ambush predators with elongated bodies and toothy jaws. The pike body-form has evolved convergently in many different groups of fish on almost every continent and ocean. Examples of convergent evolution of pike in groups of fish from different geographic regions. These are just a few representative species, but dozens of others could have […]

On the Origin of Florida’s Introduced Species

Burmese pythons, green iguanas, bullseye snakehead, peacock bass……and the list goes on. Florida seems to be the epicenter for introduced species in the United States. Since moving to South Florida at the beginning of the year I have been amazed at the number and diversity of introduced species, and nowhere is this more evident than […]