The Great Lakes have been brutally compromised over the years, by overfishing and industrial pollution for example, and more recently by the outbreak of toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie. Perhaps the ...

The invasive sea lamprey brought Great Lakes fishing to its knees in the fifties and sixties, until local communities and ...

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 ...

An invasive sea lamprey was discovered hitching a ride on a fish hauled in by Island angler David Patterson. The rings of sharp teeth are and raspy tongue are clearly visible even in this small ...

Lampreys are blood-sucking eel-like creatures without any bones. They have suction-cup mouths with multiple rows of sharp teeth to pierce the skin, usually of fish, and suck the blood of their prey.

By the late 1930s, lampreys had made their way to Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, too. Lampreys are blood-sucking eel-like creatures without any bones. They have suction-cup mouths with multiple rows ...

The research team focused on six species of economic or cultural importance in Oregon: black rockfish, lingcod, Chinook salmon, Pacific herring, Pacific lamprey, and pink shrimp. They evaluated ...

"Lampreys are simultaneously creepy and special—even though people tend to think of them as just tubes with a freaky circle of teeth," says Lily Hughes, corresponding author of the study.

"Lampreys are simultaneously creepy and special -- even though people tend to think of them as just tubes with a freaky circle of teeth," says Lily Hughes, corresponding author of the study.

Pacific lamprey, and pink shrimp. Researchers compared microplastic concentrations among the species and any differences among species acquired from research fishing vessels compared to samples ...

its rows of teeth dig into the host's flesh and a sharp tongue rasps through scales and skin. The parasite then feeds on the fish’s body fluids; to keep the juices flowing, the sea lamprey ...