A secret woodland location has been chosen to help save one of the UK's most endangered native species. Experts fear the white-clawed crayfish could become extinct in Britain within 20 years.

American signal crayfish were brought over to UK in the 1970s to be farmed for the food industry. They escaped from captivity and spread prolifically in our rivers, streams and ponds, leaving ...

The white-clawed crayfish is a UK protected species as it is in decline. Mr Bainger added: "We've had a few of them [outbreaks] over the years spread over the catchment but this is the first in ...

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 ...

The Environment Agency (EA) is carrying out investigations around the River Wansbeck in Northumberland, where the native ...

The first phase of the project will concentrate on the white-clawed crayfish and sand lizards, two UK species facing survival threats.

Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, needs about £20,000 to open a breeding centre for white-clawed crayfish. Native to the UK, the crustacean had seen a decline since the 1970s as a result of habitat ...

The first phase of the project will concentrate on the white-clawed crayfish and sand lizards, two UK species facing survival ...

The Environment Agency is working with partners to secure the future of an internationally important population of native white clawed crayfish in the River Wansbeck. At the end of September ...

Activists from Extinction Rebellion Winchester have been placing blue plaques along popular walking routes in the city to raise awareness ...

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 ...