Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Okanagan crayfish (Pacifastacus okanaganensis) from the British Columbia Interior and Washington state has a new description.

Researcher Christian Lukhaup calls the new crayfish species Cherax pulcher, and pushes for a conservation plan to help preserve the amazing creature. A German researcher has identified a new species ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Good news out of Nashville, Tennessee, as new data shows that populations of endangered Nashville crayfish are recovering after ...

For decades, the signal crayfish has been an ecological troublemaker. It is invasive and widespread across Europe, Asia, and parts of the United States. Recently, researchers at the University of ...

The study identifies the Okanagan and Misfortunate Crayfish as two new species, adding to a list of over 640 global crayfish species. The Signal Crayfish is native to the Pacific Northwest, but most ...

The Okanagan Crayfish (Pacifastacus okanaganensis) has been newly described from interior British Columbia and Washington State. Another new species, the Misfortunate Crayfish (Pacifastacus ...

The coldwater crayfish is found primarily in the Eleven Point River in southern Missouri. JEFFERSON CITY — The small crustaceans that scuttle among the rocks of Missouri streams and rivers are a key ...

A pair of Missouri crayfish species were recently granted Endangered Species Act protection, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Big Creek crayfish and the St. Francis River crayfish ...

Native crayfish discovered living in a brook in Derbyshire face a "race against time" to be saved from an invading species.

Two new species of crayfish have been identified in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and researchers say both species are vulnerable to extinction. One of those crayfish is called the ...