Marylanders and visitors love the blue crab as a seafood delicacy, but they chose it as the state crustacean for more than ...

Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ocean floors.

An invasive species in the United Kingdom's rivers has led one trapper to push for a simple tactic to mitigate their ballooning population: eat them. Andrew Leech has spent the past two decades ...

Scientists in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of "ghost shark", a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down. Researchers have ...

Quick Take England will ban live boiling of lobsters, a nerve-center policy change set to come into force as part of animal ...

As of Sept. 29, 2024, the Chinese Mitten Crab and the Fishhook Waterflea do not appear to be on the state's official list of invasive crustaceans. There are eight crustaceans on Michigan’s list of ...

An invasive crayfish species that can reproduce around 1,000 eggs up to five times a year has been detected in Texas, according to state officials. Scientists from the University of Texas Rio Grande ...

Japanese scientists have discovered a new species of crustacean in the gills of a shark, according to a recent paper. Amphipods make up an order of nearly 10,000 species that live in aquatic habitats.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Minn. (Valley News Live) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed signal crayfish in Lake Winona, adjacent to Alexandria in Douglas County. This is the first ...

Rick Boatner/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife In May, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife received a tip that an unusual-looking crayfish was spotted in a creek around Lithia Park in ...