Aphids are common garden pests, but natural predators often control them. Learn how to manage them with minimal insecticides ...

A bulk goldfish order arrived with an unexpected hitchhiker: a live crayfish. That stray crustacean quickly set off alarms, ...

Texas has all four kinds of venomous snakes and 10 rattlesnake species. Here's how to spot a copperhead, cottonmouth, coral ...

The freshwater crustaceans, which are the UK's only native crayfish species, are endangered due to competition from invasive American signal crayfish and the diseases which they carry Native crayfish ...

Global heating is destroying creeks the crayfish call home. They’re the canary in the coalmine for other species living in the delicate ecosystems Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...

The redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus), native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, was first introduced into southern Africa’s freshwater systems around 1993 for aquaculture. Some of ...

Highly invasive Australian red claw crayfish are spreading rapidly across southern Africa's waterways. Local fishers' livelihoods and aquatic biodiversity are under threat. Catching and selling the ...

“Crayfish, Crawfish, Crawdad: The Biology and Conservation of North America’s Favorite Crustaceans” by Zackary A. Graham, The University of North Carolina Press, 232 pages. As crawfish season winds ...

In Nashville’s Mill Creek, a small but mighty group of crustaceans makes for an unexpected cleanup crew. These are the Nashville crayfish, a species whose entire population resides solely in Mill ...

“I study leeches called branchiobdellidans that live on crayfish. These leeches are just millimetres long and are symbionts — meaning they live in a close, long-term association with their host. They ...

Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Cuyahoga Community College biology class on a field trip to the Chagrin River made a startling discovery: a crayfish with a rare genetic mutation, splitting its body into two ...