Long Beach Township police and the Barnegat Light First Aid Squad believe a needlefish, not a shark, is responsible for ...

A rare ocean creature may be behind a swimmer's painful encounter at the Jersey Shore, officials said.A swimmer suffered a ...

They are commonly found in coastal waters, bays and estuaries. While needlefish are not aggressive, they often jump out of ...

An adult male swimmer was injured in the water at Barnegat Light. Witnesses described a puncture hole in the calf.

Muhammad Idul, from the Wakinamboro province in South East Sulawesi, was out fishing on Saturday night when a needlefish leapt out of the water and speared him through the neck. Needlefish have ...

The wicked countenance resembles modern-day pike or needlefish with their elongated toothy jaws, and yet Saurichthys justicias evolved entirely independently from these fish. It is from an extinct ...

The classic Boone model has been improved upon The Boone Needlefish was designed in Florida in the 1950s as a sea trout lure, and though it doesn’t see much use today, when Northeast surfcasters ...

From my overwater villa I’m staring into the Studio 54 of the fish world; jade and purple parrotfish pass by in flocks, tubular blue needlefish dart and dodge, black-tip reef sharks sashay about ...

The surfing community is mourning the passing of Italy’s Giulia Manfrini, who died last month after being struck in the chest by a leaping needlefish. The bizarre incident occurred Oct. 18 as Manfrini ...