Paleontologists in China have unearthed the 160-million-year-old fossilized remains of two new lamprey species. Their discovery—published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications—helps fill a gap ...

Duluth, Minn. — Invasive, parasitic sea lampreys continue to hunt and kill Lake Superior fish above the levels biologists would like to see, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic caused parts of two ...

Feb. 15—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 ...

Lampreys belong to an ancient group of fish called Agnatha that evolved 450 million years ago, predating both dinosaurs and trees. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart—genetically speaking. The ...

The sympathetic nervous system was thought to have evolved with jawed vertebrates. But lampreys—jawless, parasitic fish that suck out the blood of their hosts—have a simple one, per recent research.

Let's check in now on a decadeslong environmental effort focused on a creature that sounds honestly like a nightmare. MARC GADEN: A tooth-filled mouth, about 100 teeth - The mouth is a suction cup on ...

With terrifyingly sharp teeth arranged around a circular mouth, lampreys look about as primitive a vertebrate as you could imagine. But a new study finds that the animals have a surprising similarity ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Zoo has welcomed a new group of Pacific lamprey in an effort to restore the population of one of the Pacific Northwest’s oldest species. Although the zoo has had ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. If that’s true, why this spring is Trout Unlimited—the nation’s leading advocate for ...