Researchers Baffled After Finding New Species of Crayfish Hiding Amongst Common Aquarium Pets for Over Two Decades Scientists have discovered a new species of colorful crayfish hiding in plain sight ...

Specimens have large eyes and claws, as well as smooth bodies. The species comes in two color forms: Blue form crayfish are a dark hue with orange joints and tails, while purple form crayfish are ...

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 ...

Murray crayfish once thrived in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The species was found everywhere from the headwaters of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers in the Australian Alps all the way down to ...

Scientists peered into the tank, studying their pet-turned-specimen — and discovered it was a new species. Researchers in the Czech Republic purchased a shipment of Indonesian crayfish from a ...

However, the introduction of non-native crayfish species has raised concerns about their impact on local biodiversity and ecosystem health. Recent research has focused on understanding the ecology ...

Crawfish season is gearing up, and after plentiful precipitation in the fall, farmers along the Louisiana and Texas coastal regions are forecasting a “normal” or good season. The majority of ...

The Trump administration can now tinker with plans for the Miami cave crayfish and several other vulnerable species after ...

This species is called the dusty crayfish (Cherax pulverulentus) and is described in a study published January 9 in the journal Zootaxa. These crayfish –also called crawfish or crawdads–are ...