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 creatures ...

North American signal crayfish, which are like miniature lobsters, were originally brought to the UK 50 years ago to be farmed for European markets A man licensed by the Environment Agency to trap ...

The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a Nottinghamshire man for illegally fishing for crayfish on the River ...

The newts live only in Oregon’s Crater Lake and their populations have crashed in recent years due to the expansion of introduced signal crayfish and warming lake temperatures from climate change.

The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a Nottinghamshire man for illegally fishing for crayfish on the River ...

A man from a Nottinghamshire village has appeared in court after setting up eight illegal crayfish traps on the River Derwent ...

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 ...

However, even these remaining refuges are under threat now from an alien invader. American signal crayfish were brought over to UK in the 1970s to be farmed for the food industry. They escaped ...