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Spiders, scorpions, Pacific lamprey: kids – and adults – get a peek into Washington’s wild side

By Courtney Flatt October 31, 2022

A little girl in a purple princess dress with purple owl face paint looks in a clear plastic tub with small lamprey.

Jevencia Marshall, 2, peers into a tank of juvenile lamprey at the Screech at the REACH event Friday. CREDIT: Courtney Flatt, Northwest News Network. LISTEN (RUNTIME: 1:00) READ As a […]Read More

Lamprey Swim Past Oregon’s Soda Springs Dam, After 10 Years Of Waiting

By Courtney Flatt August 25, 2022

A Pacific lamprey moves through the Soda Springs Dam on the North Umpqua River.

Two Pacific lamprey have made history. The eel-like fish have made it past the Soda Springs Dam on Oregon’s North Umpqua River.Read More

Scientists Use Tiny Tags To Learn How Young Lamprey Travel Through Dams

By Courtney Flatt July 26, 2022

Kate Deters, a scientist with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is about to make an incision in a juvenile Pacific lamprey so that she can insert an acoustic tag, which is about the size of a long grain of rice. The tag will allow scientists to track this lamprey as it travels downstream.

Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are tagging and releasing lamprey to learn more about their journey to sea from inland rivers.Read More

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