The entire saga is a useful reminder that humans have the capacity to help native species recover and allow ecosystems to ...

The largest lake in North America has felt the effects of widespread drought this year, with levels hitting their lowest in a ...

Sea lamprey abundance exceeded targets in 2024 in all Great Lakes due to treatment restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The shortnose cisco, a species of freshwater whitefish, likely went extinct in the Great Lakes during the 1980s, scientists ...

What's led to a shift in the industry's economic and culinary landscape? Consolidation, pollution and invasive species are ...

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission has announced the annual sea lamprey abundances are above population targets in all five ...

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission, established in the mid-1950s to eradicate sea lampreys, is still dealing with a ...

The invasive species, which feeds parasitically ... All five Great Lakes are above population targets with Lake Superior and Ontario seeing the largest increase. Populations in Lakes Michigan ...

the arrival of invasive species such as sea lamprey as well as zebra and quagga mussels. Despite these challenges, in the northern half of Lake Michigan, a handful of family-owned commercial ...

"The fabled Lake Superior Shortnose collected July ... Great Lakes ecosystem disrupted over generations by significant invasive species, changing nutrient dynamics and other stresses, said Randall ...