Often called vampire fish, sea lamprey are a dangerous threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem. But efforts to control the species were recently put in jeopardy by federal layoffs. Due to the invasive ...

This article was republished with permission from Interlochen Public Radio. The Great Lakes’ sea lamprey control program has the OK to rehire three dozen federal employees it needs to combat the ...

One invasive sea lamprey can kill up to 40 pounds of fish per year. “If we were to scale back (control efforts) by a third, that would leave 2.5 million lamprey” alive that would have otherwise been ...

The Great Lakes’ sea lamprey control program has the OK to rehire three dozen federal employees it needs to combat the eel-like, invasive fish species. That’s after staffing cuts and hiring freezes ...

Sweeping layoffs of federal employees have struck the program responsible for controlling the invasive sea lamprey eel that threatens fish across the Great Lakes - the earth's largest freshwater ...

MICHIGAN, (WPBN/WGTU) - - The Sea Lamprey Control season is supposed to start in April, but its fate remains uncertain after a dozen federal workers were fired last month. Now Congressman Jack ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Jack Bergman is looking into the possibility of rehiring U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service workers for sea lamprey control. In February, about a dozen probationary FWS ...

UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WLUC) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working to ensure this year’s sea lamprey treatment program goes off without a hitch. Twelve U.P.-based probationary ...

A giant clone of bladderwrack seaweed, potentially the world's largest clone, has been identified in the Baltic Sea. This clone, spanning over 500 km, was previously mistaken for a separate species.