WELLINGTON: Giant freshwater crayfish, up to 25cm long, once roamed New Zealand's ancient lakes around 20 million years ago, three times the size of today's native species, a new study has revealed.

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A stream which is home to one of West Yorkshire's last remaining populations of endangered white-clawed crayfish has been awarded protected status. Luddenden Brook, at Jerusalem Farm nature ...

The fossil record of freshwater crayfish is surprisingly sparse, comprising mostly trace fossils, some body fossils and rarely gastroliths. Paleontologists from Flinders University, the University of ...

Australian freshwater blueclaw crayfish Bleckdraco CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today’s species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have ...

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The giant crayfish were similar in size and appearance to Australian yabbies or American crawdaddies. A team of paleontologists and volunteers have been excavating the large St Bathans site since ...

The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami alert for Australia or Antarctica.

Australian Unions welcome the Fair Work Commission’s decision handed down today that workers under five priority awards have had their pay historically undervalued based on gender. Using improvements ...

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