Wastewater is a grab bag of chemicals. There’s industrial run-off, bits of animal and viral DNA, and then there are compounds that trickle out from our households. The medicines we’re flushing down ...

Crawfish and lobster are both edible crustaceans, but they're certainly not interchangeable in most recipes. Here's how they ...

Crayfish under duress show signs of anxiety, scientists report in the June 13 Science. The results provide clear evidence of the complex behavior in invertebrates and hint at anxiety’s ancient origins ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

What do crayfish and the metal mercury tell us about clean water? What do animal adaptations tell us about their environment. Meet a scientist who studies crayfish and hopes they will show him how ...

The immune system of these tasty little crustaceans can produce cells that are able to turn into various types of other cells -- including neurons -- in adults, according to work published in ...

A global invasion is underway. A 10-legged mutant crayfish is on the march throughout the world. They’re all female. They don’t need males to fertilise their eggs. And they’re proving remarkably ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new species of crayfish discovered in southeast Australia's coastal lakes and swamps is one of ...

Sometimes, when pet owners get tired of taking care of their carnival goldfish or their python becomes too much to handle, the pets are released back into the wild. Scientists have warned against this ...

Female crayfish send mixed messages during courtship — using urine. The urine that female American signal crayfishes (Pacifastacus leniusculus) spray out triggers courtship behavior in males. The ...

A new crayfish species from Indonesia has been named after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The crayfish, as far as scientists know, doesn't have advanced computer skills, ...

Scientists have found a new culprit in spreading the disease that's been driving the world's frogs to the brink of extinction: crayfish. In the last few decades, the disease caused by the chytrid ...