A crucial historical artifact from the deadliest shipwreck in the Great Lakes has finally been identified and returned home ...

The Great Lakes sea lamprey control program will proceed this year, though delayed, after U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was recently ordered to reinstate more than a dozen federal ...

"The Great Lakes will never go back to what they were 200 years ago," he said. "After 60 or 70 years of trying to control sea lamprey, we control them every year, but we still haven't eradicated ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The highly successful Sea Lamprey Control program, charged with eradicating the invasive fish from around the Great Lakes, is in peril. At risk are $7 billion sport and ...

The invasive sea lamprey was chomping through the North American region’s native fish, until scientists made a fortuitous discovery. Sea lampreys, native to the Atlantic Ocean, began spreading ...

A new documentary released to streaming services on Jan. 31, 'THE FISH THIEF: A Great Lakes Mystery' tells the story of the sea lamprey's rise and fall on the lakes.

But by 1938, sea lampreys had officially been identified in all five Great Lakes—a spread that baffled scientists and led to the dramatic loss of lake trout, whitefish, and perch populations. In their ...

That's the number of aquatic non-native species that have made their way into the Great Lakes as of 2023 – at least the ones that scientists have identified. About one-third of the species have ...

LAKE HURON—An ancient predator, the sea lamprey, has resurfaced as a growing threat in the Great Lakes, sparking alarm among scientists and fishermen alike. This eel-like invader, unchanged for over ...

Sea lamprey first invaded upper Great Lakes via the Welland Canal in 1921. Their ability to suck fluids from lake trout and other native fish made them the lakes’ top predator.