South Florida loves its spiny lobsters, meaning loves to catch and eat them. But there’s another lesser-known lobster species whose value extends beyond the dinner plate. The spotted lobster doesn’t ...

Floridians have an extra day to grab lobsters during the annual recreational spiny lobster mini-season in July, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last month, and beefed up the prize for the 2024 Lionfish ...

Mauricio Maldonado is a digital editor for CBS Miami and has been a digital journalist in the South Florida area since 1997. Mauricio started at the Miami Herald in 1990 and transitioned over to their ...

Using a snare or a tickle stick and a net to coax a bug out of its hiding place in a reef or from under a ledge can take a while. When divers who are focused on catching one more lobster suddenly ...

This video documents an unusually easy lobster catch in Belize. Low fishing pressure changes lobster behavior completely. Instead of hiding, lobsters move openly across the reef. Limits are reached ...

Florida has two species of lobsters. The spotted lobster, on the left, isn’t a regular commercial or recreational target like the Caribbean spiny lobster on the right. But new studies by the Florida ...