Each Australian redclaw crayfish caught during the research project gets an identifying label. Aquatic biologists are tracking an invasive crayfish species native to Australia that’s turned up ...

Lobsters and crayfish are both crustaceans and invertebrates that shed their tough exoskeleton many times over the course of their lives. They’re also both decapods and have ten legs.

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 ...