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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers recently discovered two new crayfish species: the Okanagan crayfish and the misfortunate crayfish (Pacifastacus malheurensis). Because both species were previously thought to be signal ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to list the Black Creek crayfish as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned ...

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

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