Royal Oak — Knee deep in a pond behind Royal Oak High School, Mikela Dean split open a tubular wire trap she had extracted from the mucky water. Nothing inside. Again. Dean, watershed ecologist for ...

MIAMI— Following a legal victory by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to list the Miami cave crayfish as threatened under the Endangered Species ...

Red Swamp Crayfish are typically found in the Southern U.S., but the Michigan DNR says the species has also been found in a Muskellunge rearing pond. VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. — The Michigan Department ...

It is not a fair battle: Two scientists on a tiny boat against one of the world's most invasive species. For the past six years, Loyola University Chicago ecologist Reuben Keller and his students have ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When a team of scientists studying the brightly colored and common ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reminding the public that importing and possessing live red swamp crayfish, also known as crawfish, is illegal in Illinois.

Williams said he believes the mutation was caused by two rare occurrences, the first being a developmental anomaly where the egg cell had two nuclei instead of one. That would mean it had two sets of ...

Sean Williams believes the mutation was caused by a combination of two rare events. The first is a developmental anomaly where the egg cell had two nuclei instead of one, allowing it to be fertilized ...

Wildwood Devon said white-clawed crayfish have been released into a purpose-build refuge pond A wildlife conservation charity said white-clawed crayfish, which are an endangered species, have been ...

The non-native and potentially invasive signal crayfish has appeared for the first time in Minnesota, prompting the state to warn that they are illegal without a permit. Officials confiscated 10 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new species of crayfish may have been discovered by two Tusculum University students, according to a release from the school. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is ...