Earlier this year, a school class caught young crayfish during our pond study class. Crayfish are types of crustaceans that also include shrimp, crabs, and lobsters. So, let's check out those ...
Australia needs to urgently prioritize state and national conservation policies, according to a new study, with the findings warning that more than 220 critically endangered species are at risk of ...
This study records the different types of trackways produced by the freshwater crayfish Orconectes in a controlled environment. Different trackway morphologies were created through the variation of ...
La Trobe University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. I have written about the freshwater crayfish of Australia before in this column, but I have not told you that one of the ...
Murray crayfish once thrived in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The species was found everywhere from the headwaters of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers in the Australian Alps all the way down to ...
World Water Day may have passed, but there are still many freshwater ecosystems under threat. This week, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Scientists in Zimbabwe say a fresh water crayfish brought from Australia is breeding out of control in the northern Lake Kariba, devouring the food sources of other fish and putting ...
MBOMBELA – The country’s crayfish populations are under pressure and regulated by quotas, yet it is generally prohibited to farm the freshwater variety. Mpumalanga may have the answer to the problem.
NIWA scientists have secured funding for a project they hope will take them a step closer to discovering why the number of freshwater crayfish, or koura, in the Upper Waikato River has dramatically ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.— In response to a legal petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect four freshwater mussels and a ...
Researchers have identified the main introduction routes of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, during its global-scale invasion. This North American species is the most widely spread ...
A new study by researchers at The University of Queensland has revealed that the impressive claws (chelae) of freshwater crayfish come with certain costs: The size slows their swimming and saps energy ...