The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a surge in sea lamprey populations, which have been damaging Great Lakes native species since entering the region over 150 years ago.

In a rare conservation success story, Lake Champlain's native lake trout thrive, leading to an end of stocking program this spring.

Severely affected by overfishing and habitat destruction in the 1800s, the lake trout in the lake have benefitted from a restoration program that cooperating fish and wildlife agencies have run since ...

The mission of the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation office is to restore and conserve native fish and other ...

The Great Lakes where sea lamprey control efforts were most cut during COVID-19 had the biggest surge of the invasive species, a study found.

NC Wildlife Resources Commission seeks public’s help to reduce the threat to native species posed by the invader.

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission says it is hopeful over efforts to prevent Asian carp from migrating into the Great Lakes.

Among the fish affected was the lake sturgeon, the largest and one of the oldest species of native Great Lakes fish. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. With no natural ...

President Trump said he, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall discussed the need to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.

Looking like something out of a science fiction/horror story, sea lampreys are parasitic fish — not eels — native to the Atlantic Ocean. As canals better connected the Great Lakes with the ...