A native white-clawed crayfish population has survived a "major incident" in which 100 of the species were found dead.

Birders inadvertently provided researchers at Loyola University with a key bit of documentation related to invasive species ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Scientists in Texas are on high alert for an invasive species that could threaten native wildlife: an Australian crayfish that has appeared in the state’s resacas, the remnant ...

Oregon has two new invasive species to deal with. For the first time in the western United States, scientists say two kinds of crayfish have appeared in streams and rivers. What makes this story ...

Alabama already boasts more species of crayfish than any other state, but the number of distinct species seems likely to go up in 2016. Biologists working within the Black Warrior River floodplain in ...

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — University of Illinois researchers studying an invasive species of crayfish recently made a unique discovery — two new species that had long been mistaken for the ...

Scientists have described a new species of colorful crayfish—and it might already be sitting in your aquarium. The researchers detailed their discovery in the journal Zootaxa last week. Though ...

Alabama already had more documented species of crayfish living in its waters than any other state, but that lead was padded this week as two biologists announced the discovery of a new species called ...