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 ...

Researchers at the University led by Eric Larson, professor in ACES, made a groundbreaking discovery pertaining to the Signal Crayfish. They found there are two distinct species of crayfish residing ...

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — University of Illinois researchers studying an invasive species of crayfish recently made a unique discovery — two new species that had long been mistaken for the ...

Time to play matchmaker for crayfish! In this DIY build, we design and set up a custom crayfish terrarium built for comfort, safety, and breeding success. From substrate and water features to hideouts ...

Crayfish play a pivotal role in freshwater ecosystems, acting as both keystone species and bioindicators of aquatic environmental health. Their ecological functions range from nutrient cycling to ...

These crayfish aren’t for eating. But they have won awards. To be more exact, efforts to conserve them have. You’ve likely never heard of the Jefferson County Crayfish before, but they were recently ...

Despite megafires that reduced much of their habitat to ash, some fish, amphibian and crayfish species in the Cascades ...