There had been fears the species could die out completely by 2030. White-claw crayfish numbers have been in sharp decline due to a number of factors, including climate change, pollution ...

The UK native white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipus) crayfish is under considerable pressure throughout the UK from the invasive American signal crayfish and a fungal pathogen (crayfish ...

Over the last 20-30 years, river pollution and habitat loss have taken their toll on our only native crayfish. The tributaries of the Usk and the Wye are real enclaves for these lobster-like ...

Experts fear the white-clawed crayfish could become extinct in Britain within 20 years. Now 34 of the crustaceans have been released into an historic pond at the Wild Place Project near Bristol.

Two researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) have bred white-clawed crayfish and reintroduced the highly endangered species to the wild. The young crayfish ...

Crayfish map gives conservation a helping claw Date: November 25, 2024 Source: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Summary: A new mapping project ...

Lacunicambarus polychromatus, the paintedhand mudbug, is one of 427 crayfish species for which global location data is now available via a free-to-access map known as World of Crayfish.

Originally from the US, signal crayfish sport boxing glove-like red claws and carry a fungal plague that’s fatal to the white ...