When a team of scientists studying the brightly colored and common New Guinea crayfish ordered some new animals for their lab, they were in for a bit of a surprise. They uncovered a species of the ...

Two new species of crayfish have been identified in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and researchers say both species are vulnerable to extinction. One of those crayfish is called the ...

Scientists have described a new species of colorful crayfish—and it might already be sitting in your aquarium. The ...

Researchers at the University led by Eric Larson, professor in ACES, made a groundbreaking discovery pertaining to the Signal Crayfish. They found there are two distinct species of crayfish residing ...

The Okanagan Crayfish (Pacifastacus okanaganensis) has been newly described from interior British Columbia and Washington State. Another new species, the Misfortunate Crayfish (Pacifastacus ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Scientists in Texas are on high alert for an invasive species that could threaten native wildlife: an Australian crayfish that has appeared in the state’s resacas, the remnant ...

Rusty crayfish, an invasive species, has been discovered in the Little Thompson River in Larimer County, Colorado. This aggressive crayfish, known for its big appetite and rapid reproduction, poses a ...

Crayfish play a pivotal role in freshwater ecosystems, acting as both keystone species and bioindicators of aquatic environmental health. Their ecological functions range from nutrient cycling to ...

Scientists working for government breed biological control agents in lab to take on species choking native wildlife ...

Despite megafires that reduced much of their habitat to ash, some fish, amphibian and crayfish species in the Cascades ...