Cajun and Creole cuisine is seafood-centric, and often includes this curious little freshwater crustacean ... true for wild-caught crawfish rather than farm-raised ones, which are generally ...

Sure enough, among the typical local swimmers, they found Australian redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus). These large-bodied freshwater crustaceans have smooth blue-green shells with red and ...

Looking through the aquarium pets, the team found several brightly colored and familiar-looking crayfish, the study said. These animals had been some of “the first freshwater crayfish” from ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— In response to a legal petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect four freshwater mussels and a ...

Some 30 percent of decapods -- such as shrimps, crabs and crayfish ... and farming, invasive species and disease, climate change and extreme weather were the primary threats to freshwater species.