Plates of crayfish take center stage at an outdoor feast in Qianjiang, Hubei province, on Thursday. HE DINGKE/FOR CHINA DAILY ...

Drought, wildfires and predators have put the native narrow-headed gartersnake at risk, but a captive breeding program is trying to help them recover.

Researcher warns of threat to the Okavango Delta Highly invasive Australian red claw crayfish are spreading rapidly across southern Africa's waterways. Local fishers' livelihoods and aquatic ...

An out-of-control pest is invading southern Africa’s major river systems: the Australian red claw crayfish. Researchers warn that this highly invasive species is moving dangerously close to the ...

Two newts on the verge of extinction hit a major milestone at the Oregon Zoo last month. The Mazama newts, native to Crater Lake in southwestern Oregon, laid eggs for the first time in human care. The ...

Purdue researchers are studying how "forever chemicals" affect the behaviors and survival of gray tree frog tadpoles.

Extended drought, disease and predators are threatening the Chiricahua leopard frog, a native species to Arizona. A recent ...

Built in the 1950s to generate electricity, Lake Kariba in Zambia and Zimbabwe has since supported activities such as tourism, fishing and conservation. All of these are affected by changes in water ...

A community group's argument that a delegate to the federal water minister made a legal error by approving the Nyah Floodplain Restoration Project has been rejected.

Rewilding is often portrayed as being no different to land abandonment. But the case of Italy’s Abruzzo region shows this to be far from reality ...

Crayfish are an essential part of the food web in river ecosystems, connecting to more than 240 other animals through the ...

Jason Bittel's "Grizzled" highlights curious facts about North American creatures from orcas to daddy longlegs.