Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Okanagan crayfish (Pacifastacus okanaganensis) from the British Columbia Interior and Washington state has a new description.

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 ...

Scientists have described a new species of colorful crayfish—and it might already be sitting in your aquarium. The researchers detailed their discovery in the journal Zootaxa last week. Though ...

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 ...

A German researcher was so “impressed” by Edward Snowden that he named a new species of crayfish after the former National Security Agency contractor. “The new species is named after the American ...

The Okanagan Crayfish (Pacifastacus okanaganensis) has been newly described from interior British Columbia and Washington State. Another new species, the Misfortunate Crayfish (Pacifastacus ...

A new species of crayfish found in Washington and Canada has been identified, researchers said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A graduate student came across a reddish-brown creature with claws that was ...

Far from its home in Indonesia, a brightly colored creature moved around in an aquarium. Scientists peered into the tank, studying their pet-turned-specimen — and discovered it was a new species.

It’s crayfish season in Louisiana, but the Pacific Northwest is receiving all the crayfish spotlight. Researchers recently discovered two new species of the crustaceans: the Okanagan crayfish and the ...

A native white-clawed crayfish population has survived a "major incident" in which 100 of the species were found dead.

Scientists bought a popular clawed animal from a pet trader and discovered a new species from Indonesia, a study said. Photo from Y K yokeboy via Unsplash Far from its home in Indonesia, a brightly ...