Interestingly, these glands disappeared after spawning, indicating their temporary role in reproduction[1]. Another study focused on the male red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, examining ...

Typically, Garner said, the crawfish breeding season begins in November or December, with the young crustaceans requiring at least 3 months to mature. Though the summer season was hot, adequate ...

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 down to ...

The researchers detailed their discovery in the journal Zootaxa last week. Though crayfish—also called crawdads or crawfish—may not be everyone’s idea of the perfect animal companion ...

When a team of scientists studying the brightly colored and common New Guinea crayfish ordered some new animals for their lab, they were in for a bit of a surprise. They uncovered a species of the ...

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 New ...