A rescue mission was launched to take the aquatic animals to a safe location.

An aquatic research effort is under way across Norfolk's rivers to help protect an endangered native crayfish from foreign invaders. The white-clawed crayfish is the UK’s only native freshwater ...

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 an ...

The Kennet Crayfish Company has launched the largest processing facility for crayfish in Britain. The Berkshire-based company uses an eco-friendly, humane method and uses pure, chalk-stream water to ...

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Sightings of a new invasive species of crayfish have prompted concerns over its potential spread in the UK, experts said today as a study was launched into the creature's impact on other wildlife. Did ...

A previously unknown population of critically endangered crayfish has been rescued from a drying watercourse in West Yorkshire. Scott Davies, from Burley in Wharfedale, alerted the Environment Agency ...

At least 100 white-clawed crayfish, the UK’s only native species, have been found dead since the end of September A “rescue mission” for native crayfish is under way in Northumberland after a ...

Managing the damage and impact of non-native or invasive species costs the UK nearly £2 bn per year. The UK has seven species of crayfish with established populations – only one is a native species.