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Brook given special status to save rare crayfish
Luddenden Brook, at Jerusalem Farm nature reserve near Halifax, has been granted Local Wildlife Site Status, giving official ...
Mystery molars lead to discovery of giant crayfish in ancient Aotearoa
Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today's species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have ...
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Oregon’s Crater Lake Newt From Climate Change, Crayfish
The Center for Biological Diversity notified the Trump administration today that it intends to sue over the U.S. Fish and ...
Clawed 10-legged creature found during Tennessee road survey. It’s a new species
A researcher was wading through a shallow stream in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee while conducting a survey for road construction when he came across a rare clawed creatu ...
New Zealand fossil find redefines crayfish history, prehistoric ecosystems
WELLINGTON: Giant freshwater crayfish, up to 25cm long, once roamed New Zealand's ancient lakes around 20 million years ago, ...
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A tale of two landscapes and one Aquatic Invasive Species Detector’s mission
Water isn’t just a resource for Bob McNamara. It’s life itself. “You don’t know until it’s gone how important it is.” ...
Newt-ralize the threat: Legal battle brews over Crater Lake's vanishing amphibians
The Center for Biological Diversity says Fish and Wildlife failed to protect newts under the Endangered Species Act. This ...
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Clawed 10-legged creature found during Tennessee road survey. It’s a new species
Forty-six crayfish collected in the Ocoee River Gorge in southern Tennessee are part of a new species, researchers said in a study. Photo from senior author Roger F. Thoma A researcher was wading ...