Scientifically speaking, crawfish (also known as crayfish, mudbugs or crawdads) are freshwater crustaceans that are closely related to lobsters and crabs. With their long bodies, 10 legs and pair ...

Often called "poor man's lobsters," crawfish are a vital part of Southern cuisine. Here are the best months to harvest and ...

Though crayfish—also called crawdads or crawfish—may not be everyone’s idea of the perfect animal companion, scientists in the Czech Republic found the newly named Cherax pulverulentus in a ...

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 ...

9 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. Crayfish are also known as crawfish or crawdads. Looking through the aquarium pets, the team found several brightly colored and familiar-looking crayfish ...

These crayfish–also called crawfish or crawdads–are native to New Guinea. Their cool hues have made them popular aquarium pets in Europe, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States over the past ...

Crayfish are best eaten from late spring to late autumn. Weather conditions affect their availability and cost, as does the spawning season (when the flesh of shellfish softens and has less ...