Marmorkrebs, or marbled crayfish, have an extraordinary ability. Not only can they reproduce excessively in the wild, but a new study from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) has revealed that ...
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (KTRK) -- An invasive Australian Redclaw Crayfish was found in the Rio Grande Valley and Texas Parks and Wildlife officials are concerned with the potential of reproduction.
A popular crustacean sold by pet dealers must now be destroyed following a decision by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to ban it from the state. The marbled crayfish is famed for being able ...
Imagine an animal that can reproduce at a rate not unlike Star Trek’s classic Tribbles—because it’s actually cloning itself. This stranger-than-fiction monstrosity is worse than a scifi horror, ...
LANSING — The red swamp crayfish can reproduce multiple times a year. Females can carry up to 900 eggs. That means rapid population growth and possibly trouble for the Great Lakes. The species is ...
On Thursday, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced that the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley had recently collected invasive Australian redclaw crayfish specimens, the first known site in ...
Molecular biologists have sequenced the genome of an invasive species of crayfish that can reproduce without mating and is spreading rapidly across Madagascar. The marbled crayfish (Procambarus ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. An unusual invasive crayfish has been spreading in Madagascar, threatening aquatic biodiversity even as it helps nourish the country’s ...
Most species of crayfish reproduce the same way that humans do: by having sex. But one species of crayfish that evolved out of the pet trade can do something unique—clone itself—and this ability has ...