A single lamprey female can lay 100,000 eggs. A sea lamprey wound is visible on the flank of a lake trout caught in June 2022 in Lake Michigan near Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Paul A. Smith How does the ...

The Great Lakes Fishery's unique pest control program is close to eliminating the sea lamprey, a parasitic fish threatening ...

A new film explores a massive effort from scientists, governments, and small businesses to save the Great Lakes from invasive ...

With their eel-like bodies, vampire teeth and suction cup mouths, the main characters of a new documentary resemble something out of the "Dune" science fiction films. The sea lamprey nearly destroyed ...

“The sea lamprey is what put invasive species on the ... They latch onto other fish, create a wound with their razor-sharp teeth and tongue, and suck out blood and other fluids.

The invasive sea lamprey brought Great Lakes fishing to its knees in the fifties and sixties, until local communities and scientists battled back. The new film ‘The Fish Thief’ explores the fight.