A previously unknown population of critically endangered crayfish has been rescued from a drying watercourse in West ...

DNR officials say they discovered both live and dead invasive crayfish at a state hatchery and are taking steps to track the ...

I have written about the freshwater crayfish of Australia before in this column, but I have not told you that one of the special things about them is the animals that rely on crayfish. There are ...

Freshwater crayfish, keystone species of aquatic ecosystems, are now at the center of a new tool that promises to revolutionize conservation efforts. World of Crayfish™ (WoC), a newly launched ...

So, let's check out those freshwater crayfish, or crawdads, if you like. Crayfish have ten feet. The first two legs carry large pincers that the crawdads use to excavate their burrows.

Freshwater crayfish renew their enamel at a low metabolic cost In human teeth, both the hard enamel on the crown and the underlying softer dentin are composed of calcium phosphate crystals.

The findings suggest changes in crayfish behavior could not only expose the crustaceans to predation, but also trigger other knock-on effects throughout freshwater ecosystems where they live.

We apparently have some new residents on the island, as several freshwater crayfish were found in the Devonshire Marsh area. In a recent edition of the Envirotalk newsletter, Dr Mark Outerbridge ...

Sometimes known as a freshwater lobster, the crayfish is only found in certain rivers in northern Tasmania. Adults are capable of growing up to 6 kilograms, however specimens of that size have not ...

Paolo Galeotti, Diego Rubolini, Gianluca Fea, Daniela Ghia, Pietro A. Nardi, Francesca Gherardi, Mauro Fasola, Female Freshwater Crayfish Adjust Egg and Clutch Size in Relation to Multiple Male Traits ...

Up to 100 of the creatures, also known as giant freshwater crayfish, washed up dead on one Gunns Plains property in the state's north-west after the June floods.