Recent research has focused on understanding the ecology of crayfish, particularly in relation to invasive species management and the effects of these invaders on native species and habitats.

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 ...

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 ...

Fourteen months after live zebra mussels were found in Clear Lake in Manitoba, Parks Canada says it's not feasible to ...

Woodville Karst Cave Crayfish (Procambarus orcinus ... are affecting 37% of the studied species, while 28% by invasive species and disease are impacting 28% of studied species.

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 ...

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 ...