Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Okanagan crayfish (Pacifastacus okanaganensis) from the British Columbia Interior and Washington state has a new description.

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 ...

Researcher Christian Lukhaup calls the new crayfish species Cherax pulcher, and pushes for a conservation plan to help preserve the amazing creature. A German researcher has identified a new species ...

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

For decades, the signal crayfish has been an ecological troublemaker. It is invasive and widespread across Europe, Asia, and parts of the United States. Recently, researchers at the University of ...

A rescue mission was launched to take the aquatic animals to a safe location.

The coldwater crayfish is found primarily in the Eleven Point River in southern Missouri. JEFFERSON CITY — The small crustaceans that scuttle among the rocks of Missouri streams and rivers are a key ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (Gray News) – Two new species of crayfish were found only in North Carolina and nowhere else on the planet, according to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Bronwyn Williams, the research ...

A pair of Missouri crayfish species were recently granted Endangered Species Act protection, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Big Creek crayfish and the St. Francis River crayfish ...

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 ...