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 ...

Marylanders and visitors love the blue crab as a seafood delicacy, but they chose it as the state crustacean for more than that. It’s a species that reflects the working life, history, and ecology of ...

Procambarus clarkii is a crustacean species native to American freshwater bodies. Brought to Japan in the 1920s as a feed for frogs, this crustacean has slowly taken over the Japanese freshwaters by ...

An invasive species in the United Kingdom's rivers has led one trapper to push for a simple tactic to mitigate their ballooning population: eat them. Andrew Leech has spent the past two decades ...

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 in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of "ghost shark", a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down. Researchers have ...

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 ...

Red Swamp Crayfish are typically found in the Southern U.S., but the Michigan DNR says the species has also been found in a Muskellunge rearing pond. VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. — The Michigan Department ...

Quick Take England will ban live boiling of lobsters, a nerve-center policy change set to come into force as part of animal ...

The red-swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii is a highly invasive species native to American freshwaters but has also invaded many freshwater ecosystems around the world. Now, researchers conducted a ...

The red-swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, has negatively impact the flora and fauna of freshwater ecosystems around the world, including those in Japan. In a new study now, researchers dive deep to ...