The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed the presence of invasive red swamp crayfish in an outdoor muskellunge rearing pond at Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery in Mattawan, Van ...

Red swamp crayfish – a species that is native to the southern United States but prohibited in Michigan – was found in a state hatchery pond in Van Buren County, Michigan. The Michigan Department of ...

The crayfish likely entered the hatchery through contaminated water or released pets. The DNR is working to contain the infestation and monitor nearby lakes. Red swamp crayfish are prohibited in ...

Invasive red swamp crayfish have infiltrated a west Michigan fish hatchery, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Thursday. The hatchery staff found two carcasses of "unusual crayfish" ...

Royal Oak — Knee deep in a pond behind Royal Oak High School, Mikela Dean split open a tubular wire trap she had extracted from the mucky water. Nothing inside. Again. Dean, watershed ecologist for ...

It is not a fair battle: Two scientists on a tiny boat against one of the world's most invasive species. For the past six years, Loyola University Chicago ecologist Reuben Keller and his students have ...

For his efforts, Thyagarajan became known as the "crayfish whisperer." Teenager makes surprising contribution in fight ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Michiganders are heading north or elsewhere to celebrate the Fourth of July, state officials are urging them to keep an eye ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State officials on July 24 said an invasive crayfish species that has been found in several Michigan counties was discovered in a ...