Red swamp crayfish – a species that is prohibited in Michigan – was found in a state hatchery pond in Van Buren County.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, has confirmed the presence of invasive red swamp crayfish in Van Buren ...

The crayfish likely entered the hatchery through contaminated water or released pets. The DNR is working to contain the infestation and monitor nearby lakes. Red swamp crayfish are prohibited in ...

While the crayfish has been found in isolated pockets around Metro Detroit, DNR officials aren't sure how one could have ...

The live red swamp crayfish trapped in Pond 20 at Wolf Lake Hatchery. Despite its dark color, the raised red bumps on its ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is attempting to figure out how an invasive crayfish entered a pond at one of ...

The DNR says an invasive red swamp crayfish in an outdoor pond at the Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery in Van Buren County.

A Cajun delicacy wreaks havoc up north Red swamp crayfish are native to the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico drainage systems in the south-central U.S., where they're boiled and shucked with ...

Unlike calico crayfish that are native to the Chicago area, red swamp crayfish come from the Southern U.S. They’re a big part of the food culture in Louisiana, where fishermen have been ...

In red-swamp crayfish, even though the optimum temperature for egg hatching was found to be 25 °C, egg hatching could occur at temperatures as low as 7 °C.

It has been deemed ground zero for an invasive species that has been on the move in this part of Michigan since 2017. It is a retention pond in Novi, where red swamp crayfish have been out-eating ...