We are upholding our promise to our creator and our first foods,” Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ...

The Oregon Zoo says it welcomed 25 Pacific lamprey last week. The eerie-looking eels are part of a larger effort to restore ...

Pacific lamprey don’t generally kill the animal they’re feeding on (unlike the sea lamprey, an invasive species found in the Great Lakes). “Yes, they’re freaky.

News / Sports / Outdoors Can Pacific lamprey numbers be restored in the Columbia River Basin? Yakama Nation biologists think so The 450-million-year-old fish is crucial for the Yakama Nation’s ...

Pacific lamprey cling to a fish-viewing window at Bonneville Lock & Dam on June 28. This year, adult Pacific lamprey returns are lower than in 2023. So far, fish counters estimate only 22,021 (as ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — While the Pacific lamprey might not be everyone's idea of "cute," the Oregon Zoo is more than happy to welcome theancient, eel-like fish back into its family. The lamprey (which ...

Pacific lamprey have lived on Earth for about 450 million years. When humans came along, a deep relationship formed between Pacific lamprey and Native American tribes across the western United States.

Pacific lamprey are a different species, in a different ecosystem; they belong here, just like the people they sustain. In the 1940s, European settlers commercially harvested as many as 500,000 ...

While Pacific lamprey were once abundant in the Columbia River, Willamette Falls is now one of the few places they still exist in large numbers. Anna Lueck / OPB.

Pacific lamprey play key roles in tribal culture and ecology. Among the oldest fish in the world, they have been around for over 450 million years and even predate dinosaurs.

Pacific lamprey don’t generally kill the animal they’re feeding on (unlike the sea lamprey, an invasive species found in the Great Lakes). “Yes, they’re freaky.