Tusculum University students Joe Calloway and Breanna Mathes found a blue crayfish on a nature trail. A Tennessee wildlife official thinks it’s a new species.

Scientists have described a new species of colorful crayfish—and it might already be sitting in your aquarium. The researchers detailed their discovery in the journal Zootaxa last week. Though ...

Scientists are investigating the health of spiny freshwater crayfish in habitats surrounded by large dams, growing towns, and coal mines.

These Vibrant Crayfish Live In Burrows Underground – So Why Such Bright Colors? The crayfish's color could serve no other purpose than to dazzle us in a David Attenborough documentary.

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 ...

Researchers in Czechia acquired several freshwater crayfish from a pet trader specializing in “ornamental aquatic animals,” according to a study published Aug. 10 in the journal Zootaxa.

In the new study, Patoka and his colleagues bought a shipment of Indonesian crayfish in March 2023. While they were sifting through their shipment, they found several of the brightly-colored crayfish.

Freshwater crayfish, keystone species of aquatic ecosystems, are now at the center of a new tool that promises to revolutionize conservation efforts. World of Crayfish™ (WoC), a newly ...

Dusty crayfish are “burrowing” animals, living in freshwater streams of “the Indonesian part of New Guinea,” an island north of Australia that also includes mainland Papua New Guinea, the ...

A New Crayfish Species Was Hiding in Plain Sight Among Common Aquarium Pets, Researchers Find Native to Indonesian New Guinea, the crustacean comes in two color forms and is a popular pet choice ...

Dusty crayfish are “burrowing” animals, living in freshwater streams of “the Indonesian part of New Guinea,” an island north of Australia that also includes mainland Papua New Guinea, the ...