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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Researchers studied six of these crayfish, analyzed their DNA and quickly realized they'd discovered a new species: Cherax pulverulentus, or the dusty crayfish. Dusty crayfish are moderately-sized ...