The Australian redclaw crayfish, an aggressive crustacean native to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, has been spotted in South Texas.

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 ...

Jiří Patoka This recent find coincides with another crayfish discovery: Two other species were newly described in North Carolina this month. Like the “dusty” aquarium crayfish, they had ...

Crayfish are also known as crawfish or crawdads. Looking through the aquarium pets, the team found several brightly colored and familiar-looking crayfish, the study said. These animals had been ...

Researchers in Texas are sounding the alarm over the spread of invasive Australian red claw crayfish, which threaten local ...

These crayfish–also called crawfish or crawdads–are native to New Guinea. Their cool hues have made them popular aquarium pets in Europe, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States over the past ...

Looking through the aquarium pets, the team found several brightly colored and familiar-looking crayfish, the study said. These animals had been some of the first freshwater crayfish from New ...