An Australian banana variety has gone viral on social media after an Instagram reel was shared asking what they were. The post sparked conversation about the red-tipped bananas. The bananas have been ...

Cape Town’s favourite summer ritual – early starts, cold water, and the mouthwatering smell of kreef on the braai – is back. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has announced ...

“I study leeches called branchiobdellidans that live on crayfish. These leeches are just millimetres long and are symbionts — meaning they live in a close, long-term association with their host. They ...

A new study from researchers at The University of Queensland has revealed that the impressive claws (chelae) of freshwater crayfish come with certain costs: The size slows their swimming and saps ...

Williams said he believes the mutation was caused by two rare occurrences, the first being a developmental anomaly where the egg cell had two nuclei instead of one. That would mean it had two sets of ...

Mill Creek, the only home of the endangered Nashville crayfish, stands in the path of The Boring Company's proposed Music City Loop route connecting the city's airport to downtown. Beginning in ...

MATTAWAN, MI — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is attempting to figure out how an invasive crayfish entered a pond at one of its fish hatcheries. On Thursday, July 24, the DNR said it ...

Red swamp crayfish – a species that is native to the southern United States but prohibited in Michigan – was found in a state hatchery pond in Van Buren County, Michigan. The Michigan Department of ...

Invasive red swamp crayfish have infiltrated a west Michigan fish hatchery, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Thursday. The hatchery staff found two carcasses of "unusual crayfish" ...

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 ...

Crayfish are an unsung hero of South Carolina's waters — the critters help clean polluted waterways and occupy a critical spot on the region's food chain. Believed to have first crawled into existence ...